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How digital technology has effected the film industry part 1

Digital technology

The use of digital technologies to support learning. Approaches in this area are very varied, but a simple split can be made between 1) Programmes for students, where learners use technology in problem solving or more open-ended learning and 2) Technology for teachers such as interactive whiteboards or learning platforms.

The costs of investing in new technologies are high, but they are already part of the society we live in and most schools are already equipped with computers and interactive whiteboards. The evidence suggests that schools rarely take into account or budget for the additional training and support costs which are likely to make the difference to how well the technology is used. Expenditure is estimated at £300 per pupil for equipment and technical support and a further £500 per class (£20 per pupil) for professional development and support. Costs are therefore estimated as moderate.

Ethnicity

There was a wide range of camera shots use within this short clip for example: close-up shots were used to display the immigrant’s faces when they were worried and scared. Over the shoulder shots were used to display the characters from the audiences point of view o make them feel more involved. Each important character that was displayed had the camera on them for a long duration of time for example five seconds, for the audience to take in their ethnicity e.g. white. Having camera movement such a as pan whilst everyone was in the cupboard displayed all the different ethnicities. When using mid-shots of the actors the rule-of-thirds was applied to create a better picture.

The transition from camera shots displays the intensity of the situation as it goes from one different ethnicity to another. The non-diegetic sound playing over the scene fades quitter but not completed when the officer shows his badge. The sound doesn’t stop until all the immigrants are within the staff cupboard where the sound of people breathing loudly and praying starts to begin. The music starts again when the trouble commences where one immigrant wasn’t within the cupboard and the music quickly stops where we hear silence e and see the immigrant within the cupboard where there are a few close y shots to display different ethnicities. The use no background noise emphasises the situation. It is a continuity system as it is always about the theme of ethnicity.

The music within this clip hotel Babylon is mostly non-diegetic sound which is fast, up-beat music which is used to emphasis the tense situations. There are a few actors speaking over different scenes to display what they are talking about. There accents are pronounced clearly so we can tell the different ethnicity and cultures within the clip.

The scene is set within a hotel and most of the immigrants are cleaners and cooks which is stereotypically where they work, this makes it easier for the audience to tell. They are wearing a uniform e.g. the leaners outfit contrasts again the higher class workers portraying the difference in social status within the ethnicity of immigrants.

Overall ethnicity was represented through all these categories stereotypically. 

Defintions

film production- film producers prepare and then supervise the making of a film before presenting the product to a financing entity or a film distributor. They might be employed by a film studio or be independent.

film distribution- Film distribution is the process of making a movie available for viewing by an audience.

Film exhibition- this is where the film is displayed to the audience.