In the opening scene of the secret diary of a call girl we are able to notice that the man in the wheel chair is paying the call girl money for sexual feather which suggest that she is a prostitute. In this essay i will be explaining how disability is being represented in the film by the use of camera shots, sound, mise en scene and editing.
Mise en scene show us that the man in the wheel chair is shown and this show use that the wheel chair he is in is a symbol of his disability. in the opening scene we see him and his father walk through the call girls house it seem like his father is more nervous then he is and this show us that his father feel his son is not able to do it, this suggest that disabled people are not protrude to be sexual and this is because of there disability. Also the way the father was acting in the van show us that he is really comfortable with the situation because he try to do suff which will distract him like playing with the chair and playing music out loud. The call girls apartment does not have a ramps it has stair which is not suitably for wheelchair user, This shows that the call girl may not usually have disabled customers. when the call girl take of his top we are able to notice that he is not able to do many things and rely on other to do them for him.
Camera shot show us a til shot at the being to introduce us to the main protagonist who is disabled, the til shot show us that the call girl first start at the father then at blake which mean it easy to address to a person who is standing then is sitting in a wheelchair. A wide long shot show us the Blake wheelchair and the stairs, this allows us to understand that the apartment was not built for disabled people and that the majority of the customer are not disabled. there a close up of the expression on Blake face when he enter the house and when the women is taking him,this suggest that Blake is not use to this and being touch other then his father helping him around and his PA and this could be because of his disability. There is a close up on his father face which shows us an expression that he does not want to leave his son alone in the room with that women.
Editing show us shot of Blake father carries him on to the bed show us that he is depend on others and is not able to much alone. The jump cuts to his father in the van shows us that the cant not take knowing that his son is in the hand of another person is hard for him to take. Cut between flat and van an shot to the father reveal his thought and are being replaced by the actions in his van, this allows us to understand that he is distracting himself to forget about the situation.
Sounds allows us to listen to what type of thing we can hear. Like the non diegetic sound start from the shot when the father is in the van and moves on to when there in the flat and the call girl is touching him this is when they were starting to become intimate. The call girl apologises to blake for locking the door. This show us that she is not use to working with diabled people.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Hotel Babylon
This essay with be showing how ethnicity is represented in the film. In the film Hotel Babylon there are many different ethnicity shown. Hotel Babylon is set in a hotel and the film is based on employees which work in the hotel.
In the mise en scene of Hotel Babylon we see a black man talking to another black man, it seems like they were Friends from before because of there conversation. the black man was shocked to see the other man and we can see this from his facial expression. The other black man seemed like a stereotypical black man but how come he can afford to be in the hotel and the tattoos and the way he talks makes him seem stereotypical. The maids who work in the hotel are doing favour for more money. We see them enter a japans mans room the man shows them the money and expects them to strip but one of the women work out. The french maid continues, french maids are stereotypically seen as attractive.
In another scene we see a women giving a man tissue paper who had complained about not having tissue paper in the toilet. She says ' it has happened hundred times this week'. This shows us that she is in charge of the maids and could be there manger. In another clip we see a women and a man who look like they are in charge of the hotel by the way they are dressed. They are going to check on the chiefs to see if they are getting along. We see the chiefs in the kitchen acting like the get along but when the women and the man leave, the get into an argument and the shot Italian man raise a knife which seem like he is aggressive. The women who is in charge of the maids sees the french maid walking out of the room closing her dress, this may give a wrong expression to her manger.
When focusing on the sound we hear music from the japans mans room while the maid is striping. We are able to notice the way the black mans Friend is talking is not posh and may be odd in the hotel compared to the other customers. We are also able to notice the accents the employees such as the french maid who sound french and the japans man who does not talk but makes wired sounds. Also the Italian man who has an Italian ascent and the other people all sound British.
when focusing on the camera we are able to see close ups of all the characters to shows us the ethnicity an what they look like. Such as close up on the black man to show us his facial expression. we also see a long shot of the black man walking this show us that he is not a stereotypical black man and he was wearing a suit which makes him look professional.
to conclude i am able to tell that ethnicity is represent as a stereotype for each character in the clip. the majority of the character live up to the stereotype and who it is portrayed.
In the mise en scene of Hotel Babylon we see a black man talking to another black man, it seems like they were Friends from before because of there conversation. the black man was shocked to see the other man and we can see this from his facial expression. The other black man seemed like a stereotypical black man but how come he can afford to be in the hotel and the tattoos and the way he talks makes him seem stereotypical. The maids who work in the hotel are doing favour for more money. We see them enter a japans mans room the man shows them the money and expects them to strip but one of the women work out. The french maid continues, french maids are stereotypically seen as attractive.
In another scene we see a women giving a man tissue paper who had complained about not having tissue paper in the toilet. She says ' it has happened hundred times this week'. This shows us that she is in charge of the maids and could be there manger. In another clip we see a women and a man who look like they are in charge of the hotel by the way they are dressed. They are going to check on the chiefs to see if they are getting along. We see the chiefs in the kitchen acting like the get along but when the women and the man leave, the get into an argument and the shot Italian man raise a knife which seem like he is aggressive. The women who is in charge of the maids sees the french maid walking out of the room closing her dress, this may give a wrong expression to her manger.
When focusing on the sound we hear music from the japans mans room while the maid is striping. We are able to notice the way the black mans Friend is talking is not posh and may be odd in the hotel compared to the other customers. We are also able to notice the accents the employees such as the french maid who sound french and the japans man who does not talk but makes wired sounds. Also the Italian man who has an Italian ascent and the other people all sound British.
when focusing on the camera we are able to see close ups of all the characters to shows us the ethnicity an what they look like. Such as close up on the black man to show us his facial expression. we also see a long shot of the black man walking this show us that he is not a stereotypical black man and he was wearing a suit which makes him look professional.
to conclude i am able to tell that ethnicity is represent as a stereotype for each character in the clip. the majority of the character live up to the stereotype and who it is portrayed.
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