The scene opens with a crane shot on the scene, however due to the lighting the ethnicity of the characters are initially ambiguous. In this crane shot, as a viewer you are already able to see that one man has power over two others, who are sitting down back to back. You can see that they are less powerful because of their height levels. All of the shots of the Asian man who has the power are low angle, and mostly close-ups or extreme close-ups. This is to make him seem taller and therefore more powerful, whereas the other two characters (a white woman and a black man) are shown from higher-angled shots and less close-ups. This is because they are less powerful. There is a crab-shot on the Asian man, this shows that you will want to watch him intently as he is dangerous. The camera movement mimics the point of view of the characters. The crab-shot is not used on the white or black characters, this signifies that they are not dangerous. Tilt shots are also used, only showing the Asian man, again to show the extent of his power.
The Asian man is shown as a danger, this supports the negative racial stereotype linked with people of this ethnicity, and because of that the focus is on him. Hand-held camera is also used throughout, this makes the situation seem more real as it is less manufactured. This presents the Asian man as a more real danger.
The black man and white woman are on the same level of power, shown by similar close-ups and lack of tilt-shots, however the Asian is the centre of focus and also more powerful. This presents the idea of racial separation. The Asian man is separated from the other characters by appearing to be in a different class from them. This connotes separation of the Asian community from other ethnicities, via stereotyping. The Asian man is dangerous, this represents all Asian people as also dangerous, and separates them from the rest of society.
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