Representations of terrorism and ethnicity in SPOOKS

Fiona is represented as being very loving and caring, as earlier in the clip we see her with her husband. Ahmed on the other hand is portrayed as very violent - threats to injure and kill the hostages - and unsympathetic - ignores pleas to let them go - towards the hostages. He can usually be seen throughout the clip holding a weapon of some sort, or being accompanied by someone baring a weapon. Although he states that he has lost his family, he shows no remorse for Fiona or Danny. He is portrayed as being cruel when he murders Danny and to add to this, forces Fiona to look at the corpse, the music in the background has a foreign feel to it to out an emphasis on his accent and his ethnicity. In addition, although the female that is asked to keep watch over Adam is on the side of the terrorists, she later in the clip backs out of the plan and asks Ahmed to spare Fiona. He denies her request ensuring he is still seen in a negative light, but the audience can then see the female is a more positive way. Subtitles are used so the audience can understand when the terrorists are speaking Arabic. This allows the audience to know what is happening when some of the characters do not. It puts the in a position of an on looker rather than making them feel like they are in the scene. Although this gives the audience a more objective view of the characters through the subtitles, during scenes in which Ahmed is violent towards hostages, a handheld camera is used. This gives the scene a rapid and choppy effect and makes the audience feel like they are witnessing the scene first hand. It allows them to strongly empathise with characters such as Fiona as they were witnessing what she has to, from her point of view.

Islam and Muslim are religions, typically based in Middle-Eastern countries such as Iran, Iraq and Syria. 

British people are Western-Europeans, typically of Catholic or Christian faiths, although the diverse nature of the country in recent years has seen a rise in other ethnicities. 

Al Qaeda is a muslim extremist group, who have attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, most notably September 11th attack in the USA.