Friday, 13 November 2015

Hotel Babylon

Camera

Within this sequence the camera conveys representations of race.  The tilt shot onto a close up of the hoover after Ibrahim is arrested, implies that Ibrahim's hoover job is what gets him into trouble/arrested.  This metonymic shot is used to make the audience sympathise with his situation.

The close up on officer shows he knows about their 'code' routine, when the lady at reception says to get the forms, the white people knows that a game is being played.

The shallow depth of field when the vent is out of focus and you see the immigrant hurry to the stock room. The vent represents bars in a prison and is a metaphor for what is going to happen which also shows it is a foreshadowing shot as it represents what is going to happen to Ibrahim.

At the beginning of the clip the camera is stationary in most shots however when the panic starts most shots are hand held for example the tracking shot this implies that the immigrants are

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