Analysis of Short Genre Stereotype Clip:

Analysis of Short Genre Stereotype Clip:

1. How did you represent stereotypes (ethnicity)? For our clip we decided to focus on people of Asian ethnicity. We represented the stereotypes of people of asian ethnicity by finding a room and isolating them in order to show a that it was a room that mostly asian people used. In our production we made some of the asian people appear to conform to the stereotypes of asians, in that they are smart and intellectual. We also made another person appear to subvert against to stereotype in order to show both perspectives of asian stereotypes. To further indicate that our video was about asian stereotypes we included a segment which shows an interviewer interviewing an asian person asking them what they think about asian stereotypes. Moreover we by isolating these asian participants we reinforced the stereotype that they are hard working, showing that they don't socialize much with other people as they are to busy hard working.  We also made them to appear quite intellectual as we asked them to talk in a very formal and direct way which signifies sophistication and intellect which is how asians are perceived.This is how we portrayed asian stereotypes through our mise en scene clip.
2. How did you represent the genre (documentary)? To represent the genre of our clip we initially indicated at the beginning what the clip was and what it was about by saying "This is a documentary on the stereotypes of asian people". Furthermore we had a narrator for the clip which was me to make it seem professional and to signify that the genre was a documentary, as most documentaries have a narrator or presenter telling the information. The narrator spoke very formal and direct throughout the clip to indicate professionalism as well as to show that he had an important role in the clip. Moreover we had the narrator interview some of the participants to indicate that it was a documentary as interviews are a common theme shown within documentaries. To further show the genre we were going to imbed an intro clip in order for introduce the documentary as shown in other popular documentaries such as Planet Earth. This shows how we represented the genre of our clip through mise en scene and sound.