Hotel Babylon- Ethnicity

In this clip the producer represents ethnicity through camera angles, sound, mise-en-scene and editing. Ethnicity is different social groups that contain the same cultural traditions.

 The first camera angle I identified that represented ethnicity was when the clip began with a long shot this camera angle was of a black man serving a customer he is wearing a suit and looks very smart and professional. His manner is very polite and he has a happy expression on his face. Following this is a pan shot which shows the black man walking very proudly with a non diegetic sound in the background which is very calm which reflects his mood. This camera angle then flows through to close up shot reverse shot of another black man. This black man is wearing hardly any clothes and has a very slang talk for example 'hey never better blud, never better man' when he speaks. The black man in the suit is very shocked to see him and his actions show that he isn't to keen to follow through with the party that the other black man wants to have. These camera angles show the two different representations that the producer shows as the black man in the suit is very career minded and the other prioritises partying, drugs and girls. These two are two main ethnicity stereotypes for black men.

Secondly the next camera angle that represented ethnicity is the medium shot of the two french maids who are outside a customers door. This medium shot allows us to identify there profession by there costume and the cleaning props and trolley they use. The lady at the front acts very confident and controlling where as the other is very quite and conscience about herself. There is a very mysterious non-diegetic sound that is playing in the background when the action match shot of the maids opening the door and walking through. This could show that something is going to happen that is very secretive.  There is a close up of the money on the side and at this time we realise that these french ladies are beginning to dance through the long shot and several medium close ups of the two french ladies taking off there clothes. This shows that the producer has represented foreign women to do anything to earn extra money as they could be under payed and shows them to be sexual figures. The non-diegetic music in the background is very pop and is in a foreign language this relates to the maids and how the use of there french accents is also there to represent there ethnicity.

In this situation there is a Chinese man sitting on the bed. There is a close up of the money he is paying the maids to strip. The producer has represented his Chinese ethnicity to be very wealthy as there is a lot of money on the side that he can spend on what ever her likes. 

The next camera angle is a medium close up of the italian chef the producer has represented this ethnicity to be very over exaggerated with his actions and the sound of a kiss with is asynchronous which shows his overly friendly personality. His accent is very strong which represents that he is italian as well. The next shot is then a medium shot of the white british man and the short italian man with there arms around each other which looks very uncomfortable which indicates there fake friendship. After the women and man exist the room the real relationship between them is revealed as there strong and offensive language is shown by them. The non diegetic sound starts getting faster to show the tension between the two chefs. Lastly there is a extreme close up of the Italian man picking up a knife and a close up reaction shot of the british man with a nervous expression on his face. This identifies that the producer has represented the Italian ethnicity to be very dangerous where as the white british man to be very verbally confident but physically scared.

In conclusion the representation of ethnicity in this piece is shown through contrasts of different ethnicity's or the same. Stereotypes help to represent each one and this clip doesn't go against ethnicity's but instead states the obvious of each ethnicity using stereotypes.