(remember to first work out WHAT ARE THE BIG IDEAS, WHO IS  BEING REPRESENTED? How are they being represented? Then find evidence to support this within ALL 4 technical areas).

How does the following clip create meaning and represent certain sectors of society?

In this segment of video we can see that there are different sectors of society and race. The mise en scene, camera work, audio and editing all prove this to be true. A big idea to show the differences in race are in the mise en scene. In this essay I will be talking about how the 4 technical elements that are used in media portray the different sectors of society and race. 

The first few shots of this piece of video set up where the main location is. This is done through to EWS and 3 MS. These shots are crucial in order to create a sense of where the character is and what the story is going to be based about. The audio in these few starting clips is of a lady on the phone that we are introduced to in the next shot of a close up showing the lady driving. The theme shown here is very busy, and frantic. The camera is very shaky and this gives the audience a sense of urgency and scariness. This effect is used throughout the entire segment whenever the audience sees this scene. This separates the frantic area from the more calm area which is shown in later shots. The women in these shots is wearing a head cloth which signals to where she is and builds the mise en scene. It shows to the audience that she is trying to blend in with her surroundings. The fact that there is a women being shown in an area that is considered dangerous points out a different in society. Normally in media male characters are the ones to fight the fight and be in the life threatening areas. The fact that it is a women shows that the media is going towards an era that women can be those in a life threatening situation. The women in this segment is shown to be bold and brave in order to sell the idea of women fighting the fight. This is shown to us when the women is unafraid of the guards and even pushes back from authority and this shows her strength. 

There is a big contrast in this segment between the women in the Arab country and the man in America. The women is dressed in dirty clothes and in an area that is also dirty however the man in dressed in fancy clothes and in a ordered area. This is showing the difference in society comparing America and an Arab country. The mise en scene in the Arab world is very stereotypical to how the media has portrayed it and the same goes for the American world. The camera movement in the Arab world compared to the American world is very shaking and looks like it has been shot all hand held to give the effect that this is a dangerous area compared to America which is less of a dangerous area. The audio of the Arab world is much louder than the American. Their is a lot of car noise and lots of people talking, however in America there is some quite noise and very little background noise. This shows further that there is a lot of stress in the Arab country and points out the fact that it may be dangerous and less civilised. 

In the Arab city there is a lot of violent conventions that point out the fact that this city is dangerous. The guards of the prison all have guns with them which indicates that they may need to use them. There is barbed wire stretched out across the entrance and the walls of the prison, there are two nooses that are hung within the prison walls which tell us that this country does the death penalty much more often than America does. Outside the prison we have a scene with the women and a specious man. They are exchanging something within a package and this gets pointed out. This exchange highlights the fact that this country can be very dodgey and can have some suspicious activity.