The opening episode of The Indian Doctor (BBC1 2012) here
We analyse how the representation of ethnicity is constructed through mise-en-scene, camerawork, editing and sound.
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| 1. How does the soundtrack function? What does the title wording suggest about representation? |
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| 2. Whose viewpoint is the audience made to share, and how? |
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| 3. How is Indian ethnicity constructed? How is the Welsh community represented? |
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| 4. How are Prem and Kamini constructed as outsiders? |
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| 5. What does the editing (shot reverse shot; framing, reaction shot) contribute to the representation? |
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| 6. Mise-en-scene: how are Prem and Kamini positioned as outsiders through their clothes? |
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| 7: Editing: what do the clips from the contemporary film 'The Millionairess' contribute | to the representation of Asians? |
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| 8. What does the representation of an Asian doctor by Peter Sellers contribute in terms of racist humour? |
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| 9. Comment on the arrival of Prem and Kamini in the village hall during the screening. How is the 2012 audience meant to understand this scene? |
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| 10. How is the Welsh community represented? |
