Representation of Race In Hotel Babylon

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The clip starts with a black male looking after an older white male, this is the old stereotype how black people are under white people. However, the black Male is polite and respectful. The stereotype of black young males these days is to them to be druggies, stabbers and rude, which are all negative, although this black male comes across real polite and freindly.

After serving the white male the black male is walking out of the room to what I presume to do another job. A Black male comes out of the water and starts talking to the polite black male, Benjamin Truman. Ben responds “how are you Tal?”, once again using "correct" Middle Class speech. Tal responds "never better man" this is not what Ben would speak like in this job; this is considered Working Class speech. By the look on Ben’s face he doesn't want to speak to Tal, this is not because he doesn't like him i think it is because he doesn't want to get into trouble or lose his respect from the people who are in the hotel. Tal says "look at you all slicked up bro", Ben says "it’s all with the job" this to me shows his dedication to his work. Ben just wants to get out of there away from Tal; he even uses an excuse "got to get back to the desk". Just from a few seconds of conversation you can work out that Ben is a dedicated man that wants to do his job well and is embarrassed by Tal who just wants to party and be the stereotypical "Youth" that Ben used to be. Tal mentions the old days this shows Ben used to be like Tal is today but has changed in order to fit his job and now doesn't fit the stereotype.

Scene 2 gives us two stereotypes. First of all you see two European women that are maids. one of them is talking about the Japanese man that is about to come into the scene. She says "he pays double for double" this i can assume he means he wants them both to strip and he will pay them double the money. So here is the stereotype of Japanese to be perverts and also to be rich to have the money to do this and also the Europeans to be poor and need money. The Japanese man looks old and slightly perverted but he can do whatever he wants because he has money he can get the European women who look young and attractive because money is his power. You can see that younger of the maids doesn't want to strip for the Japanese man she looks very nervous and shy and looks like she was pressured into it by the slightly older lady that looks like she has done this many times. The younger woman says "I’m sorry, i can't" this betrays the stereotype that we had upon this woman. However, the older woman seems that desperate for money she says "don't worry there are plenty more fish in the sea" and starts to what i presume ring up other girls to ask them to join her.

Scene 3 starts with someone from the hotel running round for what appears to be a British man, I believe it’s an British man because of his name "Mr Taylor". This shows the stereotype that British men are impatient and lazy.

Scene 4 begins with two British characters which i believe rather own or are high up in the hierarchy of the company. Judging from there accents they come from an upper class background. They seem to be talking or gossiping about one of the chefs which apparently is sleeping with another chefs wife. This is the stereotype of the upper class, gossiping about others because they think they are higher or more powerful. They want to stick out among the crowd of people by the uniform they wear; they wear ties and suits when everyone else wears "working class uniforms".

In scene 5 the two British characters from the last scene enter the kitchen. They get greeted by a little Italian man, this is stereotypical that he is in the kitchen because Italians are stereotypically good cooks. He comes across a jolly, nice, gentleman, "madam, welcome, welcome, welcome" this shows us he is either putting an act on or he is a jolly or slightly hyper person. He is wearing black so he is obviously the leader of the kitchen seems as everyone else is wearing white. The camera flashes over to a larger man and you see him shaking his head, this could mean that he thinks the Italian man is putting on an act or he just doesn't like the Italian man. Next he goes up to the large man and pats him on the back, the large man turns around and smiles, although this seems fake, just an act maybe to keep their jobs. as the high ranked British woman leaves the kitchen they seem to think that the subject they were just gossiping about was wrong, or corrected. The Italian seems to be a gentleman and blow a kiss to the woman. However, the high ranked man frowns slightly at the Italian cook almost to say he doesn't believe the act as he leaves the kitchen. After the high ranked man leaves the large British man starts having a go at the Italian, the Italian calls him an "English pleb" this could show that Italians are racist and think they are the superior country. As the argument starts to get intense the Italian man picks up a cleaver, this shows us a few things, that the Italian man is weak, scared, or oppositely could be violent or psychopathic.

In conclusion i think Hotel Babylon is lazy in the way they make the characters; it seems they just make their characters by choosing lazy stereotypes, which are mainly bad. You could argue that it isn't through laziness it’s because with these stereotypes the audience finds it easier to relate or understand the characters.

The Male Gaze - Trevor Millum (1990s)

                                                                   Seductive

Has an artificial (dummy) look, expression is vacant and empty showing no personality, any pose, usually with wide eyes and a smile.

Carefree

An active, out door type, healthy woman, described as 'nymph like' or vibrant. Quite often smiling or grinning in the picture.

Practical

Concentrating on what they're doing, eyes focused anywhere except the camera, mouth closed, sometimes with a slight frown. Usually a short style or hair tied back.

Comic



Messing around, acting silly/the fool, pulling faces and being exaggerated.

Catalogue



A cool expression, less reserved but still confident. Eyes aren't wide and it's in general a milder picture.

The Male Gaze - Marjorie Ferguson (1980)

Chocolate Box

Half/full smile, lips together/slightly parted with teeth barely visible. Face turned towards camera or else full face. A blandly pleasing picture, devoid of uniqueness.

Invitaional

Mouth shut with a hint of a smile, emphasises on the eyes, with the head to one side or looking back to the camera. A 'flirt', hinting mystery/mischief.

Super-smiler

Picture includes the whole face with a wide/broad smile. Hair can be blown around the face, and the head is either pushed forwards or the chin is thrown back. 'Look at me!' attitude, can be seen as aggressive.

Romantic/Sexual



The picture includes a male and a female, or partners, with a dreamy quality. Both people will be heavy-lidded and possibly in an overly sensual/sexual pose. Makes the people look available.

Prezi Presentation

Age
Extremes simularities (Need taking care of)
Stereotypical Veiws
Older can still stick up for themself, (Breaks the stereotype)

Regional Identity
Northern - Tend to be more freindly, dont say "the", like to moan
Southern - City, Gorvernment, Mi5, Business, etc.
Country side - Rural, Green Grass
The film Hot Fuzz Contrasts Citys And Countryside Really Nicely

Ethnicity
Black - Hoody, Not easily approachable,
Indian Wedding - Traditional Clothing, Bright colours, arranged marriage
Lower class - Council Estates, Small Minds e.g. Racism

Questionaire

ASThis is a film questionaire I did with Lianna, its main purpose was to find out about peoples Film Habits and what they like, for example we asked how many times do you visit the cinema per year. I Thought a year would be a good time range to put, because we discovered not everyone goes every month but most people go at least once a year. We asked 10 people because this would give us a more understanding about the average teenagers film habits. We found out doing this that most people agree with the same things, i think the questionaire went well. I predicted what the majority of people would choose in each catogary, being a teenager they are most likely to have the same thoughts as me.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38961424/Media-Questionnaire
Media Questionnaire

Expendables

Expendables was released in the cinema on 19 August 2010 (UK). It was directed by Sylvester Stallone, it stars high ranked actors such as, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews.  The film company for this film was Nu Image/Millennium Films.  The Distribution Company that was used for the UK is Lionsgate. Unfortunately this film was not made in 3D. This film has some of the greatest action actors the world has, Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo), Jason Statham (Crank, Transporter), Jet Li (One of the greatest martial artist the film industry has), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator, Body Builer) and many more.  This film is aimed at teens, or just generally people who like action movies, it has the rating 15 it contains some language, violence and some disturbing images. On IMBD this film is rated 7 out of 10, with that there were 47,803 votes! So a pretty solid figure!

Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/).

(http://angelsdemons.hollywood.com/expendables_poster.jpg)

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$34,825,135 (USA) (15 August 2010) (3270 Screens)

Gross:

$102,070,047 (USA) (26 September 2010)

Bronson

Bronson was released on the 9^th October 2009; it directed By Nicolas Winding Refn. Bronson’s film company was Vertigo Films, their distribution for the French was Vertigo Films and their foreign distributor was Magnolia Pictures. Release Date in the cinema was March 13th 2009 in Britain, was not released in 3D Or Imax.   

 Bronson Cast – Tom Hardy as Michael Peterson a.k.a. Charles Bronson - Matt King as Paul Daniels - James Lance as Phil Danielson - Amanda Burton as Mum - Juliet Oldfield as Alison - Hugh Ross as Uncle Jagoogck - Edward Bennett-Coles as Brian - Kelly Adams as Irene -Katy Barker as Julie - Richard Jones as a lunatic - William Darke as Michael Peterson, age 13 - Andrew Forbes as Joe Peterson, Dad - Tom Read as Prison Officer - Jonathan Phillips as the Prison Governor.

This film is about “Britain’s most violent prisoner” he was brought up as Michael Peterson, he got in trouble for fighting with the teacher and a student. He craved being famous, he robbed a post office and got 7 years in prison for stealing £26.18. He kept having fights within prison and gave himself the name, Charles Bronson (His Fighting Name).

(http://www.trespassmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tn_bronson.jpg)

For the teaser go to http://www.bronsonthemovie.com/, the trailer I think is top standard it tells a story in itself! It’s really good for getting you to want to see the film. Personally I haven’t Seen this film, but I’m going to watch it ASAP.

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$104,979	4.6%
+ Foreign:	$2,155,733	95.4%
= Worldwide:	$2,260,712

All The Review of This Film I have seen are all, really good I am yet to see a bad review after checking multiple websites, so this defiantly is no flop of a film. (http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/bronson)

 The ratings for this film is a 18+ so it is aimed at this adults, has a lot of violence and some nudity.

Rushmore Anaylis

Is Max A Typical Teenager?

A very easy answer to this question is no, Max is not a “normal” Teenager. The stereotypical view of teenagers is that they go out on Friday night and get paralytic on alcohol or drugs, and that every teenager is a trouble maker. Judging on the opening clip Max is not that type of guy. The scene opens up with max opening a book with bees on, this gives me the impression he likes bees and wildlife, and straight away here is an example that Max is not your typical teen! Because stereotypically that book would belong to a younger child, female, or an older person.

The first achievement of Max it mentions is he is the Editor In Chief, Not Your Stereotypical teen however; some teenagers would get involved in this type of thing, so it’s not that unusual. If we look closely at his picture within the book he looks like he purposely meant that picture to look older than he really is. You will see this many times within this opening montage this again proves, that Max is not the stereotypical teen!

The next hobby of Max is Yankee Review Publisher; notice that he is taking the leading role with the group of four teenagers! He is dressed different to them to (wearing a suit) this to me is him trying to show his dominance to the group, to show that he is boss. Also on this clip if you notice, Publisher is coloured in red this makes it stand out so I would think he is proud to be given this roll as publisher within the group, most likely because it means he is superior to the other guys that he seems to be leading. 

The next clip shows Max as a French Club President yet again notice he is the leading role; he stands out among the crowd of people, he is sat up straight when all the others are slouched and casual this to me shows his maturity because stereotypically a teenager does not stand straight instead they slouch like the rest of the people in this scene. However Max is in box number two which I am surprised at because of what I have seen so far of Max he is normally the leader and generally I think as the number one as a leading role.

The clip after is MODEL UNITED NATIONS, straight away I notice that Max is Russia, once again Max likes Power! Russia is a powerful country, especially in comparison to the countries sitting either side, which are India on his right and Mexico on his left. Judging on the face expressions of the characters sitting next to Max they do not look very happy, I’m guessing because he is controlling everything because to me he seems very controlling and definitely a powerful and controlling character!

The hobby after is very peculiar it is Stamp & Coin Club; this is very strong evidence that Max is not a normal stereotypical teenager.  This is stereotypically not a teenager’s hobby, it’s an old man’s hobby. According to Society Max should be going out getting drunk or drug taking, this is not the case and Once again the point I have made many times is that he has a powerful roll within the group, here Max is the Vice-President.

Max is also the Debate Team Captain, this is what I would expect him to also be in after watching the last few clips, because he can control people within debates and get across his point of view, this shows me that Max also has a lot of confidence because I personally wouldn’t be able to do that based on my confidence level.

Next is Lacrosse Team Manager, again this is showing us how he likes to have power, the stereotypical teenager would be playing the sport however Max is Managing the sport, which is normally an adult job. Also he is making sure all the equipment is tidy this is not stereotypical Teenager! Normally teenagers are untidy; also this might tell us about how he is obsessed with precision and likes things perfect, maybe a bit of a OCD?

Next, Calligraphy Club this could show the audience once again his obsession with precision and making everything perfect. Also he is advertising what I am guessing is another club that he is the leader of whilst he is practicing his Calligraphy.

Next is Astronomy Society Founder, once again founder is a powerful roll within the group which will give him the power to control people. Most teenagers are not fond of Astronomy it’s considered more of an adult hobby.

Next, Fencing Team Captain, if you look closely it appears to me that Max is fighting someone that is smaller and thinner than himself, which would give him the advantage, and not make Max look bad (Less Chance Of Losing). Also Again the slight difference in clothing in comparison to the rest make him stand out and look more powerful within the group.

The next clip is Track & Field J.V. Decathlon keeps all the stereotypes, how max is in a tracksuit, he is running and keeping fit like any other teenager does. However there is one thing missing out of this scene and that is his peers. Normally teenagers would go for a run with others.

Next, 2^nd Chorale Choirmaster, this clip just sums up my argument about him wanting to be more controlling and powerful than anyone else. I’m not a musician but I’m pretty positive you do not need two Choirmasters, I think he just does this to show that he is dominant, I mean he even made up a roll that doesn’t exist just to be noticed!

Next, Bombardment Society Founder, Max made this group this shows again that he has the most control in the group, also he is trying to show his dominance by throwing the ball first, before anyone else can have a go with it.

Next, is Kung Fu Club, Fighting is what the stereotypical teenager is known for however as you can see in this clip, Max is yellow belt, I know for a fact in Kung Fu yellow is second rank from the bottom, There are some white belts in there that he is better than however, Red belt is higher than yellow in kung fu, so here Max is not the dominant one, however if you look at the age of these characters there all children and max is a teenager! This just shows he needs to be the dominant one! The only way he can get this with this club is by being older than the rest.

            Next scene we see Max Fischer in Trap & Skeet Club, he is also the founder of this group. However once again this is not stereotypical teenage behaviour! Max Is always trying to be older than he really is. This is the main reason why he is not the stereotypical teenager.

            Next, Rushmore Beekeepers, President, Max is the leader again and this explains the Bees on the cover at the start of the montage. Again in this clip he is wearing different clothes to the other Beekeeper to show his dominance.

            Next, Yankee Racers, Founder, in stereotypical teenager would not drive what Max’s group does, yes it’s his group. The stereotypical teenager would be on a moped or a little car that they would race in, not the type that appears on this clip.

            Basically just to sum the whole montage up I would say Max is a character that craves attention and likes to be the dominant being within all of the things he does. I would think of him as a confident person that just wants to be known by the public. And doesn’t really care about anyone but himself!

Rushmore Opening Montage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ud2BywS_3U&feature=player_embedded