Babylon-Ethnicity

Mise en Scene:

• The policemen are wearing uniform and this shows their authority straight away, they are all white which could show that white people are potentially seen as more important. The black and Asian people are all wearing ordinary cleaner clothes to show that they are represented as being poor and not intelligent so they have poorly paid jobs. This confirms the stereotype that everyone believes  in.
• The lighting is bright at first and then it goes dark when being filmed in the small room, this could show that they aren't equal, the room is a store room which again shows that they aren't worth nearly as much as the other people in the building. The image of them all being shoved into the cupboard also shows that they are just treated like animals, they are treated differently to the other employees because of their race.
• The white lady and the Chinese lady are quite high up, this shows they are in charge of the immigrants. We as an audience know this because of how they talk, they both speak English whereas the immigrants don't speak any English and are all very confused and scared at the situation, whereas the other two in charge are quite calm and used to the situation.
• The props used are: the hoover- this is used to clean the floor in the hallway by the immigrant who doesn't actually make it in time to the cupboard to hide this shows that the immigrant's aren't allowed to work on the shop floor they work in areas which are mainly out of sight, such as the kitchen which is another prop, this shows that they only do low down jobs as the kitchen staff is full  of the immigrants and again they are in a place out the back and out of sight. Another really important prop is the jam which the man uses to bring the lady who fainted back round from her diabetic attack, this showed to the audience that he knew exactly what to do in that situation when the higher up lady who is in charge of all of the immigrants didn't know what to do or what was going on, this subverts the stereotype that the immigrants are inly good for low down jobs such as cleaning and cooking.
• The room where the immigrants hide is like a small and cramped cupboard this shows that they aren't cared about by their bosses and don't have a specific room where they can hide.

Torchwood

Sound
During the dance the music is feminine when the men and women are dancing together, and it then changes when the two gay men start to dance, this shows how they don't care what anybody else thinks and that they love each other.
At this point another man says: 'what's he doing?' this shows that he doesn't agree with his friends sexuality and he is confused at why he is dancing with another man and not a woman.
There was a loud bang which stopped the couple from dancing, this shows that not everybody is accepting of their sexuality and also it makes the audience feel disappointed because they wanted them to kiss and have their happy ending.

Big Six Films

Sony	Paramount	Disney	20th century fox	Warner Bros	Universal
-Ghostbusters -Passengers -Inferno -The Shallows -Money Monster -Sausage Party -Risen -Don’t Breathe	-Star trek beyond -Ben-Hur -Silence -Zoolander 2 -Monster Trucks -Jack Reacher: Never go back -Florence Foster Jenkins -10 Cloverfield Lane	-Moana -Finding Dory -Zootopia -Pete’s Dragon -Alice looking through the looking glass -The BFG -The Jungle Book -Queen of Katwe	-Dead pool -X men apocalypse -Hidden Figures -Trolls -Why him? -Kung Fu Panda 3 -Morgan -Eddie the eagle	-Suicide Squad -The Conjuring 2 -The Accountant -Sully -Me Before You -How to be single -Lights out -The nice guys	-The secret life of pets -Sing -Warcraft -The Boss -Neighbours 2 -The Huntsman -The Purge

BIG SIX FILMS

MINI MAJOR’S

Lionsgate	MGM	DreamWorks	Fox Searchlight
-La La Land -Dirty Grandpa -Deepwater Horizon -Now you see me 2	-Me Before you -How to be single -The Belko Experiment -Ben-Hur	-Kung Fu Panda 3 -The BFG -The girl on the train -Trolls	-The Birth of a Nation -Jackie -A United Kingdom -Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

We did some research in lesson to see what films the big six production companies had produced in the past year, and we had to compare them to films that the mini major companies had produced.

An independent film company is a company that produces its own film, they are films that are produced outside of a major film studio. They are also produced and distributed by independent, entertainment agencies. There are a few different independent film companies such as Red Crown Productions, Gilbert films and Pulse films. 

Independent film powerpoint

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Merlin

Editing:
The special effects in the clip happen when he moves the objects with his eyes, this shows that he has power even though he is of a lower class.
At the start of there clip he is in a place that he's not meant to be, and we then see him getting into a fight, this shows that he is of a lower class as he is getting into fights.
The clip is at a fast pace, especially in the fight scene, the change of pace during the fight scene shows that Merlin is getting a bit scared f the upper class man during the fight.
Merlin has the most screen time throughout the clip, even though he is of a lower class he is shown to have a lot of power because of  his special powers that he has.

Mise en scene:
The lower class people in the clip wear dirty, thin clothes and the upper class people wear clean, metal clothes which they are protected in. This shows the difference between there classes.
One prop that was used in the clip was the broomstick, the 'Lord' uses this to sweep dirt onto Merlin, this would usually be used by Merlin as he's of lower class so it shows that the upper class boy is mocking Merlin. Another prop used is the weapon, only the upper class boy knows how to use this and the lower class boy doesn't know how to, this again shows the difference between the classes.
The setting is in a castle which shows the expensive belongings of the upper class people, we then see the small, dirty village which is where we see the lower class people working and living.

Sound:
Merlin refers to the upper class boy as 'Lord', this shows the difference between the two boys as the upper class boy doesn't even refer to Merlin by his first name and then the upper class boy is shocked when Merlin speaks to him in a rude way.
We hear animal noises and sounds of people working in the village, which shows that they are of a lower class, the animal noises are diegetic sound which links with the pan of the village showing the people working in poor conditions.
We hear the woman's footsteps in the castle which shows her level of authority as they make her seem powerful.
The music at the start of the clip tells the audience that the boy isn't meant to be where he is, we know this as it gets louder as the woman gets closer to the room where he is.

Camera:
There's an establishing shot to show us the setting, this tells the audience the class of there people.
There is a close up of the jewel book and it tells us that Merlin doesn't know what it is because he is of a low class.
There is a high angle of Merlin coming down the stairs and this shows his innocence and it also makes him look small.
There is a point of view shot from Merlin's father, this shows his concern for his son getting involved in a fight with an upper class boy.

Disability

Mise en scene in this clip:
The lighting in this clip is quite dull, this could represent the able brother's life as he is always looking after his disabled brother. The main actors in the clip are teenagers, these are usually seen as not reliable for example he leaves the boy on his own and potentially puts him in danger and goes off with his friend to a party, this could usually happen with carers of disabled people as it may get too much for them sometimes, especially for him as he is only a kid himself. There is no makeup worn throughout the clip and represents innocence of both the disabled and abled characters. There is half and half sides of the bedroom, the disabled boys side is very bright and colourful which shows that he is happy and content with his life where as his brothers side is quite dull and dark which shows he is not happy because he has t look after his brother all the time. At the bus stop the disabled boy is playing with his slinky toy which shows he has a child's mind we know this because his brother who isn't disabled is not playing with any toys. The scene on the bus shows a big contrast between disabled and abled people, this is because the disabled boy is sitting all alone and holding on really tight and then the more abled people are all standing up and having  laugh and a giggle around him. The disabled boy isn't really too bothered about what he is wearing which could show that his world is a lot smaller as he doesn't care how he comes across, again this is like a child's mind as they don't care what they wear.
Sound in this clip:
In the kitchen scene the disabled boy doesn't think before he speaks. He says 'I need a poo'. This tells us that he is vulnerable an hasn't matured as a teenager. Also in the kitchen scene their parents talk calmly and soft towards the boy with down syndrome. Whereas their parents talk harshly and snap at the other brother. This shows how disabled and abled people are treated differently. The voiceover and the music are contrapuntal. The dialogue in the voiceover explains how annoyed the able body boy is with his disabled brother but the music is calm and soft. During the conversations in the kitchen the abled boy talks a lot more than the disabled boy this tells us that in the real world disabled people don't really have a say in what goes on in society. The diegetic sound of the cutlery clanging against each other and the chairs scraping along the floor brings us back to the reality of them being a normal family.
Editing in this clip:
There are the two main characters in this clip and these two get the most screen time, this is because the clip is about their lives. The more able boy has more screen time than the disabled boy and this shows that the more able boy has all of the power and we know this because we see everything form his point of view. The disabled boy doesn't get to show how he sees things. Typically he doesn't get a say in what happens. The shots fade from one shot to the other, it is smooth and flows. This shows how the day gradually goes on. The more able character is very opinionated and doesn't need attention and caring like the other character.
Camera shots in this clip:
The first shot in the clip is a birds eye view, this could show the rooms structure and the two characters split personalities. There is a low angle shot when the more able boy is about to leave the disabled boy, this could be to show he's more immature and unworthy. There is a 180 pan, a tracking shot, the second shot of him on his bed, shows his brain thinking and moving from point to point. There is a zoom on the boy in bed, this could be to show his purity and how innocent his intentions are. The close up shot on the bus show the audience that changes stress him out and the close shot shows how stressed he is and how he is struggling with the journey home as he has never had to do it on his own before. 

Waterloo Road clip

In todays lesson we focused on a clip from Waterloo Road, the focus was on the representation of age.
In the clip the first shot we see is in the main hall of the school, in this scene we see two students getting in trouble by an older teacher because they broke a camera, this shows that teenagers are more careless and aren't really too bothered about breaking other people's property. It is clear that the teacher is very patronising towards the students and this shows that he believes he is much better and wiser than they are due to this age and position in the school.

In another scene we see a girl attacking a boy, this is different to what we would see adults doing and this shows to the audience roughly how old the students are. Within this scene we see the boy have an asthma attack due to him being in an argument with the girl, this could show that teenagers aren't as strong as older people and are quite weak.

Due to the way that the teenagers are dressed we can see that they are school children and roughly how old they are (14-16), it is clear to see the difference from the teachers and the students in the clip because of the costumes, for example the teenage girls are wearing the stereotypical short skirts whereas the teachers are wearing trousers.

The way that the teachers talk to the children throughout clip is quite sarcastic as if they are little kids and this shows that the older people feel that they have  a lot of power over the younger people.
We see the girl getting quite upset over her family problems which again could show weakness in younger people as maybe an adult would just brush that off.

In another scene we see a pregnant girl who doesn't seem very happy about her situation, this could compare to an adult not making this mistake that she has made so again shows that teenagers aren't as clued up as adults.