THE REPRESENTATION OF ETHNICITY IS SHOW THROUGH EDITING. A SHOT REVERSE SHOT HAS BEEN USED. THIS SHOWS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WHITE WOMEN AND THE ASIAN MAN CONNOTING THEY ARE THE PROTAGONIST AS WE ARE FRIST INTRODUCED TO THEM. THIS SUBVERTS THE STERETYPE OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY AS WE WOULDNT EXPECT THE ASIAN MAN TO BE THE PROTAGONIST BECAUSE STEREOTYPICALLY HE WOULD BE SEEN AS A VILLAN DUE TO HIS ETHNICITY.
SECONDLY WHEN WE THE SEE THE WHITE WOMEN AND ASIAN MAN THERE IS A DIFFERANCE IN THE LENGTH OF THE SHOT SHOWN. THERE ARE LONG TAKES FOR THE WHITE WOMEN AND SHORT TAKES ON THE ASIAM MAN CONNOTING SHE IS SUPERIOR HOWEVER WE SEE LESS SHOTS OF HER THEN THE ASIAN MAN CONNOTOING THAT THE ASIAN MAN IS INFACT SUPERIOR AND SHE IS INFERIOR WHICH IS SUBVERTING THE REPRESEANTION OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY AS PEOPLE SEE MINORTITES AS WEEK AND INFERIOR.
THE REPRESENTATION OF ETHINICITY IS SHOWN THROUGH CINEMATOGRAPHY. THE FIRST ANGLE WE SEE IS A LOW ANGLE ON THE ASIAN MAN CONNOTING THAT HE IS DOMINANT AND POWERFUL WHICH CONFORM THE TRADITIONAL STEREOTYPE OF AN ASIAN MAN BECAUSE IN THEIR CULTURE MEN ARE SEEN TO BE THE HIGHER PERSON THE SUPERIOR DOMINANT TYPE IN CONTRAST TO A WOMEN. HOWEVER THE GENERAL STEREOTYPE IS SUBVERTED AS THIS IS NOT EXPECTED OF A ETHNIC MINORITY.
THE DIRECTOR USES SEVERAL CAMERA MOVENTS, ONE OF THEM IS A PANNING SHOT, WITH IN THE SHOT I DENOTE HIM EXPLAINING A PROCESS CONNOTING HE IS INTELLEGENT WHICH CONFORMS THE REPRESENTATION OF HIS ETHNICITY AS THEY ARE THOUGHT TO BE SMART.
I DENOTED CUTS BETWEEN THE TWO MALE CHARACTERS SIGNIFYING THAT THEY ARE NOT AGAINST ONE ANOTHER BUT ON EACH OTHERS SIDE. THIS SHOT CAN ALSO BE CONISDERS AS AN EYE LINE MATCH AS THE SHOT MOVED WHEN THE ASIAN MAN WAS LOOKING OVER TO THE WHITE MAN AND THE OTHER SHOT REVEALING THE WHITE MAN LOOKING AT THE ASIAN MAN THSI CONFORMS THE MODERN REPRESEANTION OF ETHNICITY AS ENGLAND IS A MULTICULTURAL COUNTRY.
RULE OF THIRD HAS BEEN USED TO CONTROLL THE POSSITION OF THE SHOTS. I DENOTE A WHITE WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE WITH A BLACK MAN ON ONE SIDE AND TWO WHITE MEN ON THE OTHER SIDE CONNNOTING SHE MAYBE VULNERABLE AS SHE IS DOMINATED BY MEN. HOWEVER THIS SHOT COULD ALSO SIGNIFY THAT THE BLACK MAN IS VULNERABLE AND WEEK AS HE IS DOMINATED BY WHITE PEOPLE.
MOVING ON THE REPRESENATION OF ETHNICITY IS ALLSO SHOWN BY THE MISENESCNE. THE CHARACTERS DRESS CODES SIGNFY A CERTAIN TRAIT ABOUT THEM. THE ASIAN MAN IS WEARING A BLACK TIER CONNOTING HE IS DOMINANT AND POWERFUL THIS IS ONE INTERPRITATION, ANOTHER IS THAT THE COLOUR REPRESENT EVIL AND DANGER WHICH CONNOTES HE MAY BE THE VILAAN WHICH WOULD THEN BE CONFORMING THE STEREOTYPE OF HIS ETHNICITY. THE WHITE MAN IS WEARING WHITE CONNOTING HE IS INFERIOR WEEK AND THAT HE DOESNT REALLY KNOW WHATS GOING ON WHICH SUBVERT THE STEREOTYPE OF A WHITE MAN AS HE IS TYPICALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE ONE IN POWER AND WITH THE KNWLEDGE AS HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A GOOD EDUCATION.
MOVING ON TO LIGHTING, THE LIGHTING AROUND THE ASIAN MAN WAS DULL ANS DARK AND THE COLOUR PALLETE USE WAS BLACK AND RED WHEREAS THE LIGHTING AROUND THE WHITE MAN WAS WHITE AND BLUE CONNOTING THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BOTH THE PROTAGONIST THE DIRECTOR WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO FOCUS ON THE WHITEMAN AS HE IS FROM THIS COUNTRY AND SHOULD BE DOMINATING. ANOTHER REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE ASIAN GUY MAY BE SHOWN IS DARK LIGHTING BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED SO THEY WANT TO HIDE HIM.
THE SETTING AND LOCATION IS VERY UNCLEAR HOWEVER IT MAYBE BELOW GROUND CONNOTING A SENSE OF MYSTERY AND A SECRET CONFORMING ALL OF THEIR ETHNICITIES AS HAVING A HIDDEN AGENDA IS PART OF EVERYONE.
LASTLY THE REPRESENTATION OF ETHNICITY IS SHOWN THROUH SOUND. THE NON DIEGETIC SOUND EFFECT OF THE SHOTS CHANGING IN THE CCTV CAMERA CONNOTE THAT THE WORD HAS BECOME DIGITAL AND THAT ANYONE CAN USE IS CONFORMING THE STEREOTYP OF AN ASIAN MAN AS HE KNOWS WHAT HE SI DOING.
FUTHERMORE THE ASYNRONOUSE DIEGETIC VOICE OVER OF THE ASIAN MAN OVER THE WHITE MANS SHOT CONNOTES HE IS THE SUPERIOR CHARACTER AS HE DOMINATES OVER THE WHITE MANS SHOT WHICH IS SUBVERTING THE TYPICAL STEREOTYPE OF HIS ETHNICITY AS PEOPLE WOULD EXPECT THE OPPISITE OR A REACTION TO CONFORM HIS DOMINANCE.
MOVING ON THE DIEGETIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ASIAN MAN AND THE WHITE WOMEN CONNOTES THAT THE ASIAN MAN IS INTELLEGENT. "POLICE FOUND HIGH ALCHOHOL INTAKE IN HIS BLOOD" THIS WAS SAID BY THE WOMEN CONNOTING SHE IS ALSO SMART HOWEVER THE MAN SUBVERTS THE STEREOTYPE BY REPLYING WITH A STRONGER ANSWER "YH BUT IT WASNT HIS BLOOD" CONNOTING HE IS SMART AND HAS BEEN WELL EDUCATED WHICH IS EXPECTED TRADITIONALLY BY HIS CULTURE BUT NOT TYPICALLY WHICH MEAN HE HAS SUBVERTED THE STEREOTYPE.
