CAMERAWORK IN CUFFS

The camerawork is a key feature in any T.V series and Cuffs uses it very effectively.

When Ryan and Jake take a girl into custody, she has to state some information about herself. The woman, agitated by everything that's happened, proceeds to say that her mum is a QC lawyer, of which Ryan replies with 'We don't care what peoples parents do' which is followed by a focus pull onto Jake's face where he smiles at the comment. However, the camera changes to Donna and Lino giggling at Jake because his dad is the Superintendent.

Jo later confronts the Superintendent, proposing they 'get a bite to eat' and the Superintendent declines the offer, leaving Jo to try to change the subject. There is a point of view shot where it shows an image of the Superintendent and his family (His wife and Jake) and cuts back to Jo looking at it just before she sharply resets her focus back to the Superintendent. This most likely shows that they were having an affair and he is starting to have second thoughts.

She briskly exits the room, where we have a slow zoom-in on her face to show how old she ends up looking and her reaction to the conversation. Her emotions are shown clearly here, letting people understand the situation and understand what just happened.

EXAM QUESTION 5

Social contexts influence television programmes by using recent events as a plot line for an episode or maybe a whole season/series. This is commonplace in The Avengers such as in the episode 'The Town of No Return' where the school is on an airfield and in the inn there are planes and ammunition on the walls and chandeliers. The war took place only twenty years before this came out so the war wounds were still fairly fresh and everyone was still recovering from the disaster. When Steede walks into an airfield bunk-house, the wall was destroyed and he finds out the real Piggy Warren was dead. The plot of the episode is based on a full-scale invasion by replacing every person in a village with one of their own. This is most likely caused by the fear of invasion by Nazi Germany.

HOW THE POLICE SEE THE WORLD AND HOW THE PUBLIC SEE THE POLICE

The police are being put up as a really good group of people but it sets it up for an ironic twist. 'Earning respect' says the Chief Superintendent when PC Ryan Draper gets insulted by the nudist. There is a difference between the voice-over and what's happening, adding a comedic effect to an otherwise serious situation. The scene is altogether quite comic, the police officer is outnumbered on a nudist beach, most people would find this hilarious as the voice over is talking about bravery and strength and having respect when Ryan faces a naked man and drunk stag-revelers.

Ryan acts softly to the drug addict rather than being aggressive like Jake where Ryan speaks calmly and acts like a friend and Jake just shouts at him and threatens him. The experienced officer shows the new officer how to act with people and turns him nicer before us. Close-ups are good for showing emotion in the face when they talk to people. An example of this is when there is a close-up of Jack's face when he's

Jo tries to be nice and draw the information out of the child but this proves to be ineffective. There is a close-up of her face which shows a small amount of frustration and shows her think.

EXAM QUESTION 1

The sound in the sample is diegetic as it has cars in the background whilst the main characters argue, all being the sound that you would hear if you were there, and there is a radio that is speaking in the background of which is non-diegetic where it has been added during the editing stage, which adds further realism.