This short clip is about making judgements on people due to their race. A woman makes a snap judgement on a male asian muslim and assumes he is a terrorist, as the ignorant woman fears the police show up and run straight pass him to a white male and arrest him for drugs. The asian muslim man meets his family and pulls out a scooter for his daughter. This films to show the audience how wrong they can be if they follow stereotypes.
There is an extreme wide shot used to set the scene while also tracking a character. This allows us to know who is in the short film. Meanwhile there is a high pitched track playing in the background that increases the tension. A medium long shot is also used to introduce two new characters. We are able to distinguish their relationship through the use of their body language; in this case they’re holding hands. Another wide shot is used to introduce a fourth character to the scene; we are able to notice this characters costume, which are male Muslim clothing and a bag. Just as the Muslim man turns onto the road still during this mid shot the white female walks passed the camera. This implies that they’re possibly in somewhat the same. We close up shot of the Muslim male with the white female in the background, she looks at him and this goes to a close up of her face. This allows the audience to see the expression within her face, this shows fear but along with this, ignorance is shown. The camera shot goes back to a close up of the man and the woman in the background and you can see her slowing down. It goes to an extreme close up of his bag, this camera shot is taken from the side the woman is walking on and this shows that this is not just to remind the audience that he has a bag but it is to show what she is now fearing and focused on. It flips back to a close up of her face still showing the feared yet ignorant facial expression. It the goes to a close up of the male, he turn his head to look at the woman then looks back to the direction he is moving in. This shows the audience that he is not bothered by this woman as he is able to only look once and pursue his journey. At this point we see the female lady turn around through the use of a close up and this flows to a mid shot that introduces us to the next three characters of the screen, we are able to identify who they are as their car has sirens and although they’re not wearing uniform they have some traces of police accessories on them. Immediately, they run out of the car and into the same direction as all the previous characters. There is a mid shot that shows the female with her child, the Muslim male and the threw police officers. The male is still walking but the mother and her child has stopped. We get a close up of the Muslim male that has a plain expression, as he does not care that the police are running. We are able to know that it he does not care rather than not know the police are running behind him because the woman and her daughter are able to hear the car pull up and they turn around, whereas he didn’t. We get a long shot grab hold of her daughter a lot tight than she had been holding onto her and this suggests that she is bracing herself for a situation unbeknown to her was not about to take place. We get a side view of the Muslim male and the police officer and we establish the police are not stopping him but they run passed him. We get a close up of the Muslim man still with a plain expression on his face that hasn’t changed throughout the short film. It moves to a close up shot of the back of a character that was filmed at the beginning and the audience have likely to forgotten about him. We are able to look at hid costume and he is dressed as a business man with a brief case in his hand. He turns around with a worried and shocked look on his face and begins to run out of the close up shot turning it into a mid shot. This then makes the audience think that it is him that is running from the police and at this moment you realise the woman was discriminating against the Muslim male. Through a use of close ups and mid shots we see the white male being caught and struggle to break free. We see a close up of the woman and we see the shock in her facial expression. We get a close up of the while male that was caught and we see the police officers taking a drug out and this confirms to the audience that he did commit a crime and that the right person was caught. There is a mid shot of the police surrounding the white male they just caught and in the background we see the Muslim male walking still with a plain expression which shows that he has never felt like he was a victim of the discrimination from the mother. We get close ups of the white males brief case and more drugs being pulled out, this shows that he has done something wrong. Throughout this we are able to see that the police don’t look twice at the Muslim man and his bag and therefore the woman is seen as ignorant and close-minded. There is a long shot of the mother and her daughter both looking different directions and the little girl points to the Muslim male and his family. There is a close up of him giving his daughter a scooter and we get a mid shot of his family and we are able to see that him, his wife and his family are Muslims. We are able to see the happy expressions on his children’s faces as he set up the scooter. We then ignore the stereotype that the mother had set and just see him as a family man. During this clip the cutting rate is slow until the tension increases and the pace picks up, shot reverse shot is also used to show the difference between all the characters at that particular moment. The asian muslim man is perceived to be a terrorist and the woman is seen as a caring mother trying to look after her daughter.
There is an extreme wide shot used to set the scene while also tracking a character. This allows us to know who is in the short film. Meanwhile there is a high pitched track playing in the background that increases the tension. A medium long shot is also used to introduce two new characters. We are able to distinguish their relationship through the use of their body language; in this case they’re holding hands. Another wide shot is used to introduce a fourth character to the scene; we are able to notice this characters costume, which are male Muslim clothing and a bag. Just as the Muslim man turns onto the road still during this mid shot the white female walks passed the camera. This implies that they’re possibly in somewhat the same. We close up shot of the Muslim male with the white female in the background, she looks at him and this goes to a close up of her face. This allows the audience to see the expression within her face, this shows fear but along with this, ignorance is shown. The camera shot goes back to a close up of the man and the woman in the background and you can see her slowing down. It goes to an extreme close up of his bag, this camera shot is taken from the side the woman is walking on and this shows that this is not just to remind the audience that he has a bag but it is to show what she is now fearing and focused on. It flips back to a close up of her face still showing the feared yet ignorant facial expression. It the goes to a close up of the male, he turn his head to look at the woman then looks back to the direction he is moving in. This shows the audience that he is not bothered by this woman as he is able to only look once and pursue his journey. At this point we see the female lady turn around through the use of a close up and this flows to a mid shot that introduces us to the next three characters of the screen, we are able to identify who they are as their car has sirens and although they’re not wearing uniform they have some traces of police accessories on them. Immediately, they run out of the car and into the same direction as all the previous characters. There is a mid shot that shows the female with her child, the Muslim male and the threw police officers. The male is still walking but the mother and her child has stopped. We get a close up of the Muslim male that has a plain expression, as he does not care that the police are running. We are able to know that it he does not care rather than not know the police are running behind him because the woman and her daughter are able to hear the car pull up and they turn around, whereas he didn’t. We get a long shot grab hold of her daughter a lot tight than she had been holding onto her and this suggests that she is bracing herself for a situation unbeknown to her was not about to take place. We get a side view of the Muslim male and the police officer and we establish the police are not stopping him but they run passed him. We get a close up of the Muslim man still with a plain expression on his face that hasn’t changed throughout the short film. It moves to a close up shot of the back of a character that was filmed at the beginning and the audience have likely to forgotten about him. We are able to look at hid costume and he is dressed as a business man with a brief case in his hand. He turns around with a worried and shocked look on his face and begins to run out of the close up shot turning it into a mid shot. This then makes the audience think that it is him that is running from the police and at this moment you realise the woman was discriminating against the Muslim male. Through a use of close ups and mid shots we see the white male being caught and struggle to break free. We see a close up of the woman and we see the shock in her facial expression. We get a close up of the while male that was caught and we see the police officers taking a drug out and this confirms to the audience that he did commit a crime and that the right person was caught. There is a mid shot of the police surrounding the white male they just caught and in the background we see the Muslim male walking still with a plain expression which shows that he has never felt like he was a victim of the discrimination from the mother. We get close ups of the white males brief case and more drugs being pulled out, this shows that he has done something wrong. Throughout this we are able to see that the police don’t look twice at the Muslim man and his bag and therefore the woman is seen as ignorant and close-minded. There is a long shot of the mother and her daughter both looking different directions and the little girl points to the Muslim male and his family. There is a close up of him giving his daughter a scooter and we get a mid shot of his family and we are able to see that him, his wife and his family are Muslims. We are able to see the happy expressions on his children’s faces as he set up the scooter. We then ignore the stereotype that the mother had set and just see him as a family man. During this clip the cutting rate is slow until the tension increases and the pace picks up, shot reverse shot is also used to show the difference between all the characters at that particular moment. The asian muslim man is perceived to be a terrorist and the woman is seen as a caring mother trying to look after her daughter.
Very detailed shot analysis and you are usually able to tie this in with the meanings / connotations. You need to start with a brief synopsis to set the scene. You need to consider editing more closely- how is all this cut together? You also need to look at the piece as an overall narrative to consider how it flows and develops. Vanessa
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