Q2 Cuffs

Analyse how far the extract to depict the police point of view rather than the criminal's point of view.

The use of work not just in editing but in camera work to has been cleverly designed to give us the point of view of the police instead of the criminals. An example of this is, is when the criminals costumes suggest the stereotypical criminal such as a mask covering their face and rough clothes and hide any characterisation from the audience, however, the police officers have more individuality, e.g the close up shows the facial reactions of PC Jake Vickers who does not get his lunch and when the camera focuses on a police officers facial expression when she is told by the criminal not say another word.

The main storyline revolves around the police characters instead of the criminals, we are shown what it is like in the police car on the way to catch the criminals and the police crew eating their lunch. This makes it clear to the audience in Ep. 1 that this story is based on the story of the police crew.


Before the criminals strike, the music and the relative mood in that area is calm, then when the criminals arrive and start to raid the area this changes to a more faster-paced song which is more rough to the ears as is the visual of the poor store owner.