Representation of gender Hotel Babylon At the beginning of the extract, we see the immigration officers approaching the hotel

l reception in order to locate the immigrants. The police officers are white and are all very well dressed, which shows their level of authority. Instantly when the three migration workers come in we see a black man slightly peak over the top of his paper, the look he gives can indicate that he knows what they are there for. When we are shown Ibrahim he has his headphones in doing the hovering, at this point all of the immigrants have got the warning and gone to hide in the staff room, however he is unaware of this because he has his headphones in. this can be looked at as a stereotype. When the immigrants are in the staff room one of them passes out. The character Adam is a doctor and is smart enough to know what is happening to her and how to bring her out of the fit. Because Adam is very smart and helpful it plays against a general stereotype that black people being criminals and rude. In the editing we are shown a montage of clips of all the immigrants working together as a team to get into safety so they arent caught, even though what they are doing is illegal they still work successfully together without anything going wrong. The actors within the scene are all from different origins. The blonde manager woman and Jackie are both very feminine and pretty, even though the blonde is British and Jackie is Asian, this shows the audience than the ethnicity doesnt affect the working ability each character endures. The immigrant workers usually talk in their native language and are very religious. Their religion is shown through the emotion show in the canteen, which reflects the close relationships made. When we are shown the two religious black characters praying surrounding voices go silent and sad music is suddenly introduced. This ads affect to the scene and it can play against the stereotype that blacks in that specific ethnic culture is criminals, when in reality not all of them are. Then non-diegetic music, including the effective use of violins, is used during sadder moments of the scene. For example, when the locker of the lost man is being emptied. In a mise en scene we are shown three Asian characters sat around a table chatting, smiling and laughing, causing no harm at all to anyone just enjoying their work break. This specific scene goes against the stereotype that all Asian people are unemployed. Finally the actual set can show a lot about ethnicity, for example upstairs in the hotel it is very smart which gives an impression the hotel is high class attracts rich people, however downstairs in the staff areas where the immigrants work the area seems to be shown as, messy and tacky. The contrast between the two

can show that the customers are a lot better treated and respected than the ethnic workers.