Camera based on race/class clip

In a clip that I watched, I analysed the use of camera to show the differences of race and class.

The first thing that I noticed was the use of a long shot when three police officers step out of an elevator. We can see that two large males are placed in front of one man as they walk out of an elevator. Whilst the single man slowly walks in a almost carefree and continuous pace, the two men infront gradually get faster to capture the man. The fact that the single man doesn't help the two men capture him, shows that he is more of the leader and commander with a higher class because he has people working for him rather than doing anything himself. Again with these three men, when they first enter the building, the single man is in front with the other two men trailing behind him. This positioning that we can see via use of a over shoulder shot/long shot also gives us the impression that the single man is the leader as he has authority to enter the building first with confidence, whislt the other men are almost cowarding behing him at the desk waiting for  a command.

One other camera use is how the camera pans during a certain part of the scene. During a time when the workers are penned into a staff room, the camera pans from right to left in a slow motion. This enables the audience to see the faces of the people in the room. Another way the camera does this is via the use of close ups on each of the characters in the shot. We can clearly see that there faces are worried, and this also gives us the chance to establish the classes and races in the clip. We can see during these camera shots that everybody is on the same level within the shot and is of different ethnic backgrounds and races. We can see that none of them clearly differ with class which shows that they are represented as equals because of the clothes that they are wearing and the situation they are in.

Another panning shot used is when the staff are eating at the dinner tables. As the camera pans from right to left, we can see that there is a different race/ethnic group on each table. This shows that even though they are all equal class, there is still a seperation between them and a division. It shows that even though they may be of the same class, this does not make them a group at a whole because of the divisions still between them.