1. How is sound used in this extract to create meaning? Refer to at least three examples?
In the scene when the boy comes in there's cheerful pop music playing. We see the boy happy when he comes in and the music is used to represent his life in some way. When the gang comes in we suddenly hear these intruding sounds of bass, they kind of fade in and out, this represents how the situation is getting more intense. As the racist gets closer and closer to the boy the pop music in the background starts to fade and by the time the attack happens we don't even hear the music anymore. After we see the bird's eye view of the attacked boy we start hearing the music again which is a hint that he's still alive because the music is still plying. After the attack there's a sound bridge (J cut) when the woman goes into the store which represents the two different environment. 2. Explain how the audience is positioned on the side of the victim in this extract. Use specific examples to support your response? At the beginning we see a close up shot of Amit speaking on the phone to his mom, this shows how close to his family he is and has characteristics of innocence. As the gang comes in there's a shot reverse shot between the gang and the boy, as he notices the gang there's a push in and then a rapid push out captured at the moment he frowns which make s him seems vulnerable and make the audience pity him. When the boy tries to walk away and we see the gang the angle used is an over the shoulder, I think this is used to show how they over power him and there’s no one behind him to back him up. It makes him look weak and vulnerable. The clothes he wears also makes him look like a teenager, he wears a button up shirt, a coat, some jeans, and a backpack however the gang are wearing tanks and polos and look buff and scary. When there's a zoom in on the child behind the counter we here Amit begging for the racist to spare him, by this point in the scene we already feel bad for Amit but this absolutely finishes the viewer. 3. How do representations of gender differ in this extract? Consider the qualities that are attributed to each gender? In the Scene we see how Men are presented as very hostile and aggressive as represented by the attack. Due to the music the situation is very stressful and makes the viewer uncomfortable and stressed. However when Jo Moffat comes in she talks to the child in a very calm and innocent way, perhaps because of her attitude towards the child we get a POV from him and immediately she makes the viewer more relaxed and comfortable in the situation.
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In the first episode of Cuffs we are introduced to the police group and the environment that they work in. Throughout the episode we are presented 6 stories. A junkie Nelson, he's rescued by PC Ryan and the new policeman PC Jack Vickers who's the son of the Head of Police. A racist Keegan, he attacks an innocent boy Amit for no particular reason with a screwdriver in a grocery store. Amit Sharma survives the attack with injuries. Later in the story a divorced father with mental issues picks up his five year old daughter, the mom complains to the police and they find her and the father in a hotel where the father tries to commit suicide but is saved by DI Felix Cane. Along the day we also learn that PC Drapper has a son who's fooling around with his friends, by the end of the film we find out he has a daughter too. After this there's a chase after a Bulgarian woman who stole a bunch of toothpaste and then wanted to stage PC Vickers as a sexual assaulter, also a woman that filmed that who spit on Vickers got arrested too. After we learn about Jo Moffats and Head of Police's relationship we see a break into a stole using a bulldozer and then a rather stupid chase down after the thieves. They end up stopping the mentally ill father with the girl instead of the thieves because PC Vickers can't read roads properly, which Drapper gets emotionally struck by. They then go into house where the racist Keegan has been located and he tries to escape and ends up almost killing PC Drapper but gets knocked out by PC Vickers. After this the abducting father is also found in a hotel room w the daughter unharmed, however the father tries to commit suicide but is saved by DI Felix Cane. After the long day we see the police crew invite PC Vickers to train with them, their extremely intense training consists of them running 10 metres forward and back which exhausts them, after they are out of breath the Gay Solicitor flirts with PC Vickers and gives him his phone number. We see Jo Moffat depressed with her dog after her rejection earlier on from the day, We see the Vickers family and that the mother has cancer. And the best cliffhanger is when DI Felix Cane goes into a whore house.
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