Minder 1970's - The UK was under a conservative government from 1970. This had come as a shock to the Labour Party, however people were more interested in the world cup. Heath was the prime minister. In the 1970's immigration was highly restricted, but it had not stopped. In 1972 the UK admitted 28,000 immigrants from Uganda. Unemployment rate were at 1.02 million in 1972, and crime rates were at 1.6 million, dispite the increase of the police since the 1950's.
Misfits 2009 - The Labour party was now in power, with the prime minister Gordon Brown. There were 196,000 immigrants. 2.03 million people were unemployed which was almost double the amount in the 1970's. There was about 1,445,000 crimes in 2009.
Scene Analysis
Within minder there are two different views on diversity. One is that there is a significant difference between the two groups of people in the room. The white people within the room are all on the floor and take up half of the frame, where as there are 3 black people two of them are standing up and they take up most of the frame. This shows us that they have the power within the siutation. There is one black person on the floor and when we are show his face it is from a high angle shot. This could show us that there is a certain element of diversity about the situation. Through sound we are shown a certain racist element. The words "Spades" and "Whitey's" are used. This tells us that there is not diversity.
Within misfits all of the characters are equal. There is no "Good" or "bad", we believe this could cause tension within the group. To help show that there is equality between them, they are all given equal camera time. The majority of the shots within the sequence are close ups of each of the characters. All of the characters do not get along and that is due to different things. You can see this through the dialogue. One of the characters never speaks, one of them claims that he should not be there, and another makes fun of another due too the way she speaks. The teenagers are all stood next to each other at one point in their orange jumpsuits which unifies them by their appearance but then the close ups of each characters face shows they are unique and choose to appear in different ways.
We believe that representations have changed over time. It is less obvious who has the power in situations. Within Minder, it is obvious, whereas in misfits it is not. Within the two shows there is a difference within the opinion who commits the crime. Within Minder there is no select age group, where as in Misfits, they all appear too be teenagers, and within Minder there seems to be a racial comment on who commits crime but in misfits, there is not. Therefore the divide in the groups has changed from ethnic to age.
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