Mis-en-scene
In the clip, the costumes the various multi-cultural ethnicities wear costumes that indicate a low paid job, for example, cleaners and dishwashers. This is an example of the stereotype of ethnicity. Another costume worn is the police uniform which is worn by white people who have power over the different multi-cultural ethnicity workforce. This shows that they are victims. Lighting in the clip is used in the closet and the hotel itself. The closet is used to hide the multiple different ethnicities in and it is darkly lit. This is in contrast to the well lit hotel lobby and hallways. This shows that the multiple ethnicities are weaker than the white people of immigration in the clip. The dark lighting in the clip could also symbolise persecution for the multiple ethnicities. Props used in the clip are a vacuum cleaner, which is used by a ethnicity worker, which shows a stereotype of a menial and low paid job. In the closet, the spacing of the characters is such that they are cramped together. This shows their union and re-reinforces the stereotype.
Camera
The zoom-ins used in the clip symbolise panic in the character they zoom into. For example, when the white woman at the desk sees immigration, the camera zooms in when the white woman at the desk sees immigration. The panic symbolises how she is unified with the other ethnic minorities in the hotel. The use of close ups on the white immigration officers face shows he is a powerful character which links back to the stereotype that ethnic minorities are victims. When the ethnicities start to hide, the camera becomes shaky which symbolises the panic of the minorities not to get caught. This shows both stereotypes that they are victims and are unified. They all want to look after each other. The panning shot of the ethnicities all in the closet show they are unified and are all equal. Another panning shot is when the ethnicities are eating in the restaurant. We see two full dinner tables with people chatting but the last one is missing the immigrant who was caught and is now missing him. This shows the stereotype of how they are equal through the panning shot and how ethnicities are victims by showing them being persecuted by the white immigration. A long take when the white immigration officer is walking shows power because the screen time is focused on him.
Sound
The dialogue is important to construct the stereotypes and to re-reinforce them. Their are different languages and accents spoke between the ethnic minorities. This is in contrast to the English immigration officer who speaks in a rough English accent. When the black cleaner who helps the white woman who is having an diabetic attack, he says 'I wasn't always a cleaner.'' It shows he is a doctor, but because of his ethnic background and status, he can't be a doctor in England. This re-reinforces the stereotype of victim. Use of Foley is the vacuum cleaner which symbolises menial work. It is being used by Ibrahim, an ethnic worker which again, is an example of the victim stereotype. The use of music is important because sad music plays after Ibraham is taken away by immigration which creates sympathy for him but fast paced non-diagetic music is used during the scene where the minorities are hiding in the closet. This creates tension because the minorities do not want to get caught by immigration. These are examples of immigrants being stereotyped as victims and also as a union, because they want to stay together in the hotel. An example of diagetic music is the dialogue in the last scene where the minorities are talking round the dinner table, loudly which shows union between them but the last table where Ibrahim used to sit, is in silence showing the ethnicity as a victim.
Editing
The prominence is important in the clip. The most prominent character is the Asian hotel worker but their is an equal amount of time distributed to all ethnicities in the clip, which shows that they are all equal and helps build the stereotype of unified. The pace of the edit and the cuts used are relevant, the clip is fast paced when immigration arrives but is slow when they leave showing that the minorities are victims persecuted by the white immigration. They worry when they are nearby because they are more powerful but are peaceful when they are not their. During the closet scene, the camera keeps cutting to Ibrahim outside the closet, in the colourful hotel hallway. This is symbolizing the union between the ethnicity in the closet and Ibrahim. There is little match-on-action in the first half of the clip when the ethnicities are hiding but there is a lot of it when they leave in the second half of the clip. This re-reinforces the ethnic groups attitudes towards the white immigration and the clip shows this through its pace and use of match-on action as a representation.
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