exam q2

Analyse how far the extract depicts the polices point of view rather than the criminal’s point of view:

 In the series Cuffs, at the very beginning of episode 1 they use a voice over to aware the audience on what the police have to do. This effects the audience as it shows the police as heroic people and it tells us that they have to work really hard to get where they are now. From the voice over we begin to quickly trust them as they seem to have a lot of experience, we see Ashley Walters stride across the beach with confidence while the voice in the background explains what a life as a police officer is like.

On the beach, the police officer is very outnumbered, this makes us feel very sympathetic for him, especially when the Stag Due punch him. He is trying to fix a conflict resolution, he's there to diffuse conflict not escalate it. Although, we are shown that the stag due's aren't criminals they just happened to commit a crime of punching the police officer. The police officer doesn't touch or hurt anyone until they go out of line or start hurting him. This creates an image that the police are really there to fix problems not make them worse.

When the two officers show up at the door of the man (who is a potential criminal), even though he is threatening them with a knife they know he truly is very vulnerable so they are kind and allow the man to trust them. The officers voice comes across very gently and the soft music in the background that is cutting in makes him seem even kinder and respectful.

The audience soon realise how difficult a police officers job is, we see an innocent man just stopping at the shops to grab so food and then he gets randomly murdered. This is the kind of things the police have to deal with which shows them as very admiral.