Representation of Ethnicity shown through Camera work

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of ethnicity using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition

• Editing

• Sound

• Mise en scene

Camerawork is used to create a range of different effects which can represent ethnicity in many ways. In this clip we have a  black and a white character and from the clip we can see that it is a modern day clip, this means the stereotypes have slightly changed.

Office

At first we cant tell that he's an office because they just use shot reverse shots between him and the computer screen, they alternate between using close ups and extreme close ups, they do this to show you the emotion and expression on his face and the information on the screen which is then linked to later on in the extract. Then further on a female character comes into the scene wearing a police lanyard which shows he has a well paid job, she also calls him “sir” which shows he's well respected and is high up. The woman asks him if they are going out which shows that she is lower than him, this is classed as a countertype seen as the stereotype for a black is to be uneducated but a stereotype for being hard working. 

Exterior- Car pulling up to the house

They use a zoom which bring the character from he exterior to the interior, this is to show how mad he is and that the tension is building up the closer he gets to the house, this meets the stereotype of black people being angry.

Interior-House

At the start we have a long shot of the full character and some of her surrounding this shows that she is a pretty wealthy woman and seen as its day light and he was at work it seems as if it was mid day, we can infer from this then that she is a house wife or works from home, this means she meets the stereotype of a white woman. Switching between the characters using and over the shoulder shots, and including shot reverse shots shows the tension between the two characters and that even though they are different they are the same. The man meets the stereotype of having something to do with drugs however the woman countetypers her seen as she is also to do with the drugs which is not her stereotype at all. 

Car journey

In this scene we can see that they use a panted angle to show the decreasing  power of the woman this is because its at an angle and it shows that the man has more power over her this is then classed as a countertype seen as its normally white that has the power over the black. They have used a hand held camera things brings the audience into the scene more and makes them feel as if they are a part of the act, this may also make the audience feel intimidated seen as they may feel over powered too which may meet stereotype or challenge them it depends on who the audience is.