Editing analysis Hotel Babylon jan 2010

At the beginning of this extract, we are given a Eye line match between two characters, the immigration officer and the hotel receptionist, this establishes power and control in the character if the officer, and he is given more screen time than the receptionist, enforcing the idea of his power and control, this gives him an air of being unfriendly, but just doing his job, being a law enforcer, we want to like him, but due to way the editing shows him, this is a difficult thing to do.
Soon after this, when the immigrants are being hidden, the speed of the editing increases to a rather fast pace, meaning more short clips are being used in the scene, this adds a frantic and panicked feel to the clip, and starts to make us feel worried and sympathetic for the workers, as we don't want them to be caught, as they will have to be sent back to the countries they originated from, and probably have a terrible life there.
After this, it is revealed that one of the cleaners didn't manage to get to the cupboard, and he is alone working somewhere else in the hotel, this is shown through cross-cut between the hiding staff, and the lonely cleaner elsewhere, this shows him as being very vulnerable, and as such makes us feel that we don't want him to be caught, so that he does not have to face the fate of being captured.
In the cupboard, someone collapses and is helped by one of the other cleaners, there is then a shot reverse shot between the woman who hid them, and the cleaner who helped the collapsed person, presenting the man as a 'hero' of sorts, which reverses the stereotype of the black man being below in power and status.
Finally there is another eye line match between the immigration officer and the receptionist again, in the lobby. The camera is focused more on the officer to give him a more powerful feel than the receptionist and the housekeeper, and as such, his power is shown to be much greater than anyone else's. This makes people dislike him, which is against the stereotype, as usually we want the to like the law enforcers.