Q2 Cuffs

Analyse how far the extract depicts the police's point of view rather than the criminals' point of view.

In the extract it is obvious it is depicted from the police's point of view rather than from the criminals' point of view. A way we can see this is from the contrast between the shots of the police and the shots of the criminals. When we see the criminals breaking into the shop we never got to see a close shot of their faces we only see shots from afar pointing mainly at what they are doing not who the criminals are. However when we see the police in the diner there are many shots of each of the police man and woman's face as they speak giving all attention to the police and allowing us to see exactly who is talking and what they are saying. This is very different from the shots with the criminals as they do not show who is doing what or any close up shots.

The editing in the extract allows the police to predominate. This means that every move the criminals make the police are able to counter the action of the criminal straight away. This occurs when we see the criminals drive through the window of the shop but then straight after we see the police get the message that this has happened and they get up straight away and counter their action. This editing makes the police seem dominent and powerful because it seems as though they can solve any problem and straight away.

Although the majority of the shots are from the polices perspective and from their point of view not all of the shots are from their point of view. When the pick up truck drives through the window of the shop it shows the CCTV which is not from the police's point of view so the extract is not containing of only the polices point of view. This shows that the extract obviously contains views of other people and not just the police.