Spooks EndingHow is ethnicity represented in this episode?
In this clip there are different techniques that are used to make the audience feel different emotions towards different characters. For example, when Fiona and Danny are being kept hostage and Danny begins to provoke Ahmed to kill him instead, the music stops when Danny makes a stand against him. As he winds Ahmed up further and further the music begins to build up again getting louder and more ‘heroic’ until he gets shot and the music dies down again.
In this clip there are different techniques that are used to make the audience feel different emotions towards different characters. For example, when Fiona and Danny are being kept hostage and Danny begins to provoke Ahmed to kill him instead, the music stops when Danny makes a stand against him. As he winds Ahmed up further and further the music begins to build up again getting louder and more ‘heroic’ until he gets shot and the music dies down again.
In scene 42, when Adam is trying to dissuade Khatera from acting, the camera shots are positioned to suggest that Adam is the dominant character. For example, the character that they want us to see as dominant, Adam, is higher up in the shot and focused, when it cuts to over the shoulder, Khatera becomes out of focus and appears smaller because the camera angle is pointing upwards towards his face. In shots of Khatera, Adam is still seen at the side of the shot, seeming to tower over her even though he is not in focus or the main part of the shot.In this shot above, you can see which character dominates the shot. Adam takes up 3/4 of the frame, and all of him is visible. Khatera is squashed almost into the remaining space and isnt fully visible. Showing the dominance of the character that the audience recognise.
Within this episode there are several different "binary oppositions". For example, Adam has to choose whether he wants Fiona or Danny, the two that were being held as hostages, to be murdered. Within the room there are two binary opposites. A black unmarried male and a white married female with a child. As Adam can't make the decision, Danny provokes Ahmed (the one holding them hostage) into killing him. Here this builds tension, because you dont know which one is going to die. As Danny is young and unmarried, it is a shame for him to die so young and we feel that it is unfair. However, as Fiona is married and has a child, it is unfair to take her away from her family in such an awful way. This makes the audience not know how the storyline is going to go, and provides shock when Ahmed finally chooses one to kill.
Another example of binary opposition in this episode is between Adam and Khatera. When they are stood in the venue hall, they are stood oppostie eachother and the conflict of interests are clear. Adam's priorities are to protect his wife and do his job as a secret service agent by saving the Prime Minister and preventing a terrorist attack. Khatera's interests are taking the tough choice of being a suicide bomber and having bombs sewn into her stomach to avenge her family. Both of their interests are in saving their familes, but in different and completley contrasting ways.
Within this episode there are several different "binary oppositions". For example, Adam has to choose whether he wants Fiona or Danny, the two that were being held as hostages, to be murdered. Within the room there are two binary opposites. A black unmarried male and a white married female with a child. As Adam can't make the decision, Danny provokes Ahmed (the one holding them hostage) into killing him. Here this builds tension, because you dont know which one is going to die. As Danny is young and unmarried, it is a shame for him to die so young and we feel that it is unfair. However, as Fiona is married and has a child, it is unfair to take her away from her family in such an awful way. This makes the audience not know how the storyline is going to go, and provides shock when Ahmed finally chooses one to kill.
Another example of binary opposition in this episode is between Adam and Khatera. When they are stood in the venue hall, they are stood oppostie eachother and the conflict of interests are clear. Adam's priorities are to protect his wife and do his job as a secret service agent by saving the Prime Minister and preventing a terrorist attack. Khatera's interests are taking the tough choice of being a suicide bomber and having bombs sewn into her stomach to avenge her family. Both of their interests are in saving their familes, but in different and completley contrasting ways.
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