Questions on TV drama clip

Why represent the police in this way?
The police are represented as stereotypical villains in this clip, which contrasts with the way the police are usually represented as good protectors of society, subverting the role of the police. This is shown in their aggressive manner towards Ibrahim, the folding of their arms, the smirks among their calm facial expressions, the dark colours they wear, and the way they stride through the hotel with the camera always focusing on them. It makes the seem intimidating, to show why the immigrants are fearful, and as the police as villains, it makes the viewer side with the immigrants, as if it's a one-sided biased story from the immigrants side as victims.

Why represent the immigrant workers in this way?
The aim from the producers is to make the viewer sympathise with the immigrants, which contrasts with how society usually sees immigrants as unclean, illegal unskilled people who steal jobs. They manage to do this through empathy, they make the viewer feel the emotion in the programme of the panic, fear, injustice and loss of the workers, through their gestures and facial expressions, the rushing around of the panic, then the slow movements and sad expressions for the feeling of loss. This way they are represented as the victims, and represented this way to create interesting twists to the programme in the sense of contrast to society.

What stereotypes are being adhered to or subverted in this clip?
Firstly the police are obviously subverted, from their usual role of the good people protecting the world from villains, to the villains themselves, taking away people made out to be helpless and innocent by the programme. They seem care-free and unaffected, like they are not bothered when destroying people's lives because they are just doing their jobs, which was quoted by the main immigration officer.
The immigrants are also subverted from their stereotype of bad people who come to the country to illegally work to steal people's jobs and money, to good people escaping people that want to take them away and destroy their lives. They are treated roughly by the police without seemingly doing anything wrong in the clip, and their is an element of racism, the immigrants all being black as a stereotype, and the police officers white. Adam the immigrant plays an important part with his role as an immigrant subverted when he has unexpectedly got medical experience and is hopeful through his religious prayers.

Can you hypothesise the purpose behind the mediation of this text?
The purpose of this text initially is for the entertainment of the viewers, created from the emotion and twists in the clip. It is also very informative, it can tell people more about immigrants and the police force or even the works of hotels through entertaining fiction. This clip also challenges preconceptions, it takes usual stereotypes and society views and changes them, to make the programme interesting, or also to influence the views of the viewer, whether it's a hidden message, or to get them to think differently, or to show that stereotypes are not all true.