Analyse how mise-en-scene is used in the extract to create meaning. Refer to at least two examples from the extract in your answer.

Mise-en-scene is created in this extract through the use of outfits. The police officers all wear smart, professional outfits and all the police officers are matching, this connotes unity in the police department, which is further emphasised when PC Jake saves PC Ryan's life. The smartness of their outfits also connotes their professional outlook on work as well as authority over the public, especially the harmful people they are arresting in this scene. The criminals on the other hand, contrast fully with the officers, they wear untidy clothes which generally look old and dirty as well as having an overall scruffy appearance: many tattoos, messy house etc. This connotes them to be the bad ones in the extract and that they are clearly causing trouble for the police. There outfits are all stereotypical 'criminal' things to wear, making it easy to associate them to crime.

Another example of mise-en-scene to create meaning in the extract is the criminals home and the items inside of it. The house itself is a stereotypical council house, which is often referred to dangerous people and crime. The items inside of the house create meaning as the house is covered in alcohol bottles. This connotes that these people can be dangerous and inflict unnecessary conflict with the officers. It also connotes the type of people they are: possible alcoholics making them therefore unsafe and unpredictable to be around. The police officers have to fight the people in the home, risking their own lives to protect others from these people.