Homework

In this clip ethnicity is represented through camera shots, sound, mise en scene and editing.

The mise en scene represents a contrast between the ethnicity of the chefs through the clothes that they are wearing. All of the English chefs are wearing the white traditional chef costume where as the other ethnics are dressed in a a black chef costume. Therefore this is suggesting that there is some sort of rivalry between the different ethnicity with the kitchen.

 Also at the beginning of the clip, the fact that the two men have the same colour skin suggests that they are of the same ethnicity. We can tell that Ben is shocked to see Tel by this body language and his facial expression, he also looks around to see if anyone is around as he doesn't want anyone to see him have this conversation.

Ethnicity can also be shown through sound such as dialogue. The two men at the beginning are talking about each others appearance which suggests that appearance is a important factor due to their ethnicity.Also Tel uses words such as 'bro', 'blood' and 'ganja' we is associated with a west Indian background. Tel seems to have a stronger regional accent compared to Ben who would appear to be more English. Over all we can tell that Tel has kept his ethnicity where as Ben has changed it to be appropriate for the environment that he is working in. The two women cleaners are shown to be of the same ethnic group due to them having the same accent. The fact that they are both cleaners could be suggesting that to be cleaner, it is a normal job within their ethnic group. Also the fact that they are cleaners is portraying them to be not well educated otherwise they would have a better job than a cleaner.

In a long shot, you establish the two women cleaners. This is shown by the uniform that they are wearing, However they begin to strip which obviously is not what they are meant to be doing. we see a shot of one of the cleaners face looking at the money which the man has left. This is portraying that money is more important to her than her having self respect.Also in this scene , a Chinese man is sitting on the bed, which then leads to a close up of his money which is going to pay the maids to strip with. This is representing people of a Chinese ethnicity to be wealthy enough to spend there money on what they want.

 Through a over the shoulder shot during the conversation between Ben and Tel, we are able to establish that Ben is feeling uncomfortable due to his facial expression. Also in these shot we can see that Tel that dread locks which is a stereotypical west Indian hair style, in contrast to this Ben has a a closely cropped hair style which could be seen to more 'English' rather than West Indian. When Tel mention the past, we can see from a close up shot that he uncomfortable or embarrassed about his past and would rather not talk about it.

Ethnicity can also be shown through editing, there are several eye line matches and action matches throughout the clip. One action match is when we see the Italian chef take out a knife and then we we see both chefs look down at the knife which is representing neither of there ethnic groups to be the better chef. Also there are continuous eye line matches between Ben and Tel as Tel is trying to persuade Ben up have a party like the old days