In cuffs, camera work is used to create meaning throughout the first episode. The show begins with an establishing shot of the city. This is used to show the audience that the show is set in a urban place and gives the audience an idea of what the show is about. We are then shown a close up of a police officers face, this is used to create emotion and show the audience how stressful police work is in cities. In the chase scenes, they use high angle shots to give the audience a better perspective and understanding of whats going on.
Close up shots are used to draw the audiences attention to details in the show such as the emotions and feelings of characters. For example we feel sorry for the inexperienced policeman after he was shouted at because before hand he looked worried and frightened. This all adds to the audiences sympathy towards policeman and gives the audience a better understanding of how stressful and difficult it is.
Tracks are used in the car chase as the camera keeps up with both vehicles. This effect is important as it immerses the audience in the thrilling chase and as the tracks allow the camera to stay with the car, it make the audience feel as though they are in the action themselves.
Seb Hardy
Mark 2 out of 5
ReplyDelete1. It is a TV programme, not a show.
2. Cut opening sentence (general, not precise).
3. Your first example needs to be developed much further. It a bird's eye view shot. It shows Brighton as a busy, sprawling seaside town. Explain what you know about Brighton, which is easily recognised from the air: a venue for day trippers, foreign tourists, shoppers, a university town, a party town, a shopper's town and so on. Therefore it represents a huge challenge to the police.
3. Example of CU too vague and undeveloped: what CU of an officer? What emotion?
4. Worried and frightened? You can't be writing about Ryan then? He is not 'inexperienced'. So which example are you analysing?
5. Better on tracking shots, but you don't name the term correctly! TRACKING not tracks.