Hotel Babylon

The clip of hotel Babylon that we watched in lesson shows immigration officers coming in to find all of the illegal immigrants. The main immigration officer is the antagonist as he has come to take away the workers that are illegal immigrant, this is very important as this is used to make the viewer have feelings for the illegal immigrants so this is key to the way that we see the scene. The lady at the end that starts arguing with them taking him away is the protagonist and is trying to make them let him go. Also they don’t treat the man they are taking with any respect as they drag him out of the place like an animal and it makes him look worthless, when the lady asks them to let him go he reply’s with its all a game this makes him make it sound like they are all worthless and have no values and it’s just a game to catch them so it makes it sound like they are animals and the immigration officers are hunters.

Camera shots

The first shot is a close up shot on the immigration officer and it gives this image that he is an evil man as his face is very strata and he does not smile so he is here for an important reason. When the antagonist gets to the hotel desk the light shines on to the reception lady’s face and she looks like she is relaxed and happy where as when the light gets pointed at the antagonist we see him as a not very nice person who is very strait to the point and needs to get his way. Also when all of the immigrants are hiding in the staff room it gives a wide angle shot that gets them all in and makes them look like a family. it Also a hand-held camera is used when they are running around the building this makes it feel like you are ruining as well as it feels like you are looking through someone else’s eyes. Also steady camera is used as even when they are running it is very smooth this allows the user to watch a smooth picture but also know they are running. There is also a focus pull when Ibrahim is caught this is used to show his sudden feeling of danger, when the antagonist just sees it as a game and that the immigrant is worthless. There is also ben who is a black gentleman that is dressed in a smarty manor not like the immigrant workers

Editing

Fast pace editing is used to create the tension when they are all running to hide from the immigration officer also it shows their facial expressions and you can see that all of them are scared and don’t want to be caught. When the nock on the door it zooms in when she opens it this builds up attention to make you want to know who is at the door. A cut is used when she jumps from being in the staff room to being in reception this builds up tension for the user and makes you realise how important the immigrants are to her as she wants them to let him go.

Sound

The backing music at the start when you see the antagonist walk in is very upbeat and makes it feel fast paced when he walks in like he needs to do it quickly so none of the illegal immigrants can escape, it also makes him come across as a lot eviller. Also when they are hiding in the staff room the background music that is on all the way through stops when they lock themselves in the staff room but when they realise one person is missing an eerie sound starts to play to add tension. Diegetic sound was used so this is when the sound has a meaning on the screen so when they were running you could hear the footsteps this shows diegetic sound. Non diegetic sound was also used when there were bits that had tension in them they used the non-diegetic sound to make them more tense. Synchronised sound is used when they are running as the sound of footsteps is expected as they are running. Also sound bridging is used as there is background music that plays all the way through the clip.

Mise-en-scence

The hotels staff that you would see for example the people behind the office where white and dressed smartly whereas the immigrants where not dressed formally and where in the background where people would not see them very often, the jobs that they had made them look like they had no other choice of what job they could have as they were not very intelligent, this was all proved wrong when the lady passed out in the staff room that they were hiding in and one of the cleaners new exactly what to do and she said “I was not always a cleaner” this shows that he was a doctor and is very intelligent so the stereotype that is given to them is incorrect as they are very can be very clever. Also at the start you see this very nice smart hotel and then they show you what is really going on in the background when the immigrants are all hiding in the staff room. Also you can see the different statuses they have when you see their uniforms for example the immigrants uniform is very basic but everyone else’s uniform is very smart.