Question 2
Analyse how far the extract depicts the polices point of view rather than the criminals.
This extract shows the police's point of view much more than the criminals. When the crime takes place, the viewers can fully understand the police's emotions because they can easily see their reactions due to their facial expressions and quick movements. However, due to the fact that 'Cuffs' was shown pre-watershed, the police could not swear or be too aggressive, which would usually happen in this scenario. Viewers can also fully understand the police's emotions when one police officer informs the others that a crime has occurred through her walkie-talkie, you can hear that she is scared because she is shouting and has a nervous tone. Overall, viewers are shown the police's feelings and emotions clearly.
As well as that, police's point of view is shown much more than the criminals as the police are all filmed with close ups unlike the criminals, who are filmed with the camera very zoomed out, on a long shot. On top of that, during the car chase the main focus is on the two police officers, Jake and Ryan, as you can hear their conversations and they are being filmed with a close up angle. Not only do viewers understand police's perspective more, but they can start to feel a personal connection with the police characters due to all these close ups and hearing their conversations.
In terms of Propp theory, police are seen as being the 'heros' because it is shown that they are the ones that are helping fight the crime. This means viewers tend to relate to these characters and favour them because they are doing the right thing, However, viewers are not shown the criminals point of view and why they are committing the crime, so they automatically view them as being the 'villain'.
This is why I agree that this extract, 'Cuffs', depicts the police's point of view rather than the criminals.
Analyse how far the extract depicts the polices point of view rather than the criminals.
This extract shows the police's point of view much more than the criminals. When the crime takes place, the viewers can fully understand the police's emotions because they can easily see their reactions due to their facial expressions and quick movements. However, due to the fact that 'Cuffs' was shown pre-watershed, the police could not swear or be too aggressive, which would usually happen in this scenario. Viewers can also fully understand the police's emotions when one police officer informs the others that a crime has occurred through her walkie-talkie, you can hear that she is scared because she is shouting and has a nervous tone. Overall, viewers are shown the police's feelings and emotions clearly.
As well as that, police's point of view is shown much more than the criminals as the police are all filmed with close ups unlike the criminals, who are filmed with the camera very zoomed out, on a long shot. On top of that, during the car chase the main focus is on the two police officers, Jake and Ryan, as you can hear their conversations and they are being filmed with a close up angle. Not only do viewers understand police's perspective more, but they can start to feel a personal connection with the police characters due to all these close ups and hearing their conversations.
In terms of Propp theory, police are seen as being the 'heros' because it is shown that they are the ones that are helping fight the crime. This means viewers tend to relate to these characters and favour them because they are doing the right thing, However, viewers are not shown the criminals point of view and why they are committing the crime, so they automatically view them as being the 'villain'.
This is why I agree that this extract, 'Cuffs', depicts the police's point of view rather than the criminals.
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