The document discusses how representations of ethnicity are shown through film techniques like mise-en-scene, camera angles, and composition. It provides an example paragraph analyzing a shot that uses a high angle to depict a dark, dirty setting and costumes, creating an impression of an inferior and impoverished ethnicity. Students are instructed to write similar paragraphs analyzing shots by naming the shot, describing it, and discussing how elements like mise-en-scene show or counter stereotypes.