Downton Abbey is an Tv drams set during the early 1900 Britain, it follows the Crawley family through historic events during the period such as the sinking of the titanic and world war 1. throughout the show, the stereotype of class is shown throughout and is also shown using several editing, camera and sound techniques.
Firstly, an establishing shot is used to show where the Abbey is placed in the countryside and the size of the Abbey which is huge, this implies that whoever owns the Place is in a position of upper class meaning he would most likely employ people to work at the Abbey.
next, fast paced editing is used to show the frantic nature of the people who work in the manor, showing to be of lower class, this is reinforced when most of them are in a uniform, with some of them not being in uniform signifying that they are higher class than the workers but not higher than the lord of the abbey and his family.
Afterwards, synchronous sound is used to show the power the lord of the manor has woken up, it also shows off that he is of high class, this is reinforced by the fact when he is around, there is also light showing on him which is different to the workers who are always shown to be in the dark.
Also, the use of a panning shot further implies that the person on screen is of a high class and of importance in the Social Hierarchy of the Abbey. Another important note is that those of higher class are usually shown with the lighting around them being very bright and big windows in shot, Whilst the lower class have very little light and windows are not always in shot, they're usually reflected in the dark, signifying their lower status.
Finally, Shallow Focus is used at the end to show the despair in the lord of the manor's face when he must break the news to the people of the Abbey, Demonstrating that he is in charge of the Abbey as he must break the news to the others even if they already know, underlining his overall power and status in the Abbey.
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