EXAM QUESTION ON MISE EN SCENE

When Jake is looking through the postbox at the man who has cut himself we see lots of props all around him. The most obvious prop we see is in the man's hand, he is holding a knife. This knife is good at signifying danger and it also has blood on it which can be also used to signify danger. The room the man is in is dimly lit, this makes the mood of the play seem more serious and builds tension. As we move on just a small amount of time we see the same man in a living room. The man is no longer holding the knife but is still bleeding. The blood signifies danger but the event doesnt seem as critical as a knife isn't involved. We see the room as a more strong lighting but a main prop we see in this seen are the bottles. These bottles could show that the man is an alcoholic and also shows he cannot look after his own home.

CAMERA WORK IN CUFFS

In the TV program cuffs the very first scene contains a aerial shot of Brighton pier, this is a good camera shot because it allows us to view the city from above rather than viewing in form on the ground as we normally would. This camera shot could also be considered as a establishing shot because it allows us to view a big part of Brighton and all around Brighton. Establishing shots are effective because they allow the audience to see the whole of where the scene/program is set. A extreme close up shot is used when PC Ryan Draper is looking through the post box at a man with a knife. We can only see his eyes in this scene and this is a another very effective technique. In an extreme close up it shows that we can see the emotions of the characters. In the scene where PC Ryan Draper is looking through a postbox we can sense the fear he is feeling

SOCIAL CONTEX IN THE AVENGERS

During the TV show we see lots of relations to the war. One of the first times we see social context influencing the TV show is when we see the fighter jets hanging from the ceiling in the pub they stay in when they visit the town. These Jets are obviously from the war as we see marks on them that we would have seen on jets during the war. Another time we see The Avengers being influenced by social context is when we see many of the civilians living in the dubious town holding guns. This town is in Britain and we know guns are very difficult to get a hold of in England but during the war it would have been much easier. We also see soldiers boots in the school which shows many soldiers had been in this town during the second world war. These boots would not have been in this TV show if it were not for the war.
This TV show happened just after the war so we could see lots of objects that are in the TV so because of the social context at the time.

ANALYSE HOW FAR THE EXTRACT DEPICTS THE POLICES POINT OF VIEW RATHER THAN THE CRIMINALS POINT OF VIEW

ANALYZE HOW FAR THE EXTRACT DEPICTS THE POLICES POINT OF VIEW RATHER THAN THE CRIMINALS POINT OF VIEW

 
• Voice over effect in the begining,
• The incident on the beach, who do we sympathize for?
• The experience of training and the effort he has put in in training.
 

From the very beginning of the TV show cuffs we consider the police to be very heroic. The TV show makes us feel this way by making the opening line of the TV show make them seem bold and brave by saying the lines  "It takes courage and conviction to be a police officer". This line shows that it isn't easy being a police officer and that they are risking their lives to help other people. As well as making people consider the police as heroic the TV show could influence people to treat the police better, people could view this TV show and understand how disrespectful people are to the police.  

We also see the police men and woman's point of view when we see Jake Vickers and Ryan Draper looking through a post box at a man with a knife. In these couple of scenes view the man holding a knife from the view of looking through the post box to create the effect that makes us feel like we are there and also makes us think about how scary this scene is which makes us consider the police as even more brave. 

By not showing the criminals point of view and how they got in the situation it makes us a viewer feel even more scared and even hateful of the criminal because it makes it seem like each crime committed was in vain. By not showing the backstory of the criminals it makes us form hatred for them even more because they are putting lots of lives at risk including characters from the TV show we have started to like and makes us feel sympathy for the police officers who have to deal with crimes like this.

SOUND IN CUFFS

In the program cuffs alot of sound effects are used ranging from punches in a fighting scene to a police siren when in a high intensity car chase. There is a car chase scene where there are lots of sounds. The sound we focus on most as the audience is the dialogue in this scene but there are lots of other sounds during this scene. Another sound we hear is a police siren, this makes the viewer become more involved in the scene and take it more seriously because many people relate this police siren to serious crimes. We also hear the humming of the car engine which becomes louder and quieter depending on either the intensity of the chase at that point or the speed the car was traveling at. Having the humming of the car engine also makes the viewer understand the high speeds the car is traveling at. There are also lots of sounds effects like when the cares tires pop, these are very useful as it makes the video seem realistic.

PRACTICAL LESSONS

A Big challenge when filming our swede was filming the dialogue, we were finding it very hard to film the first scene without laughing. We also spent a lot of time searching the triangle for a feather. Lots of the running scenes went very well but we found it took time to get back up the hills we would run down quickly so we are ready for the next scene. When Rahim ran up the hill i found it difficult to keep the camera still, When filming the feather falling I found it was difficult to keep the camera in focus. We needed to keep the camera in focus because this is a very important scene. I found that when we were zooming in on the camera it wouldn't look very smooth and would change very suddenly. I think I can resolve this problem by practicing using the camera more. When editing I am going to add a soundtrack whilst Rahim is running as this is a vital scene and needs to be tense so viewers can understand the plot.