Editing is used in cuffs to create meaning throughout the extract. The first example of editing being used in Cuffs is when the police are training in the car park. Dissolves and fades are used to show time passing which shows the viewer that the police are training hard, which makes the audience both respect the police and their hard work and gives the audience an idea of how difficult their job's are.
My second point which shows how editing creates meaning in the extract, is when the father is about to jump off the building but the man talks him out of it and then eventually pulls him off the balcony before he can jump. Shot reverse shot is used constantly as the man tries to persuade him not to jump. In this scene we also see a cut to his daughter watching T.V in the room opposite. This makes the audience feel very sad as they now know that he has a daughter he's abandoning. At the end of the scene the police who stopped the man from killing himself walked off casually, walking away from the camera.
Seb Hardy
Mark 2 and a half out of 5
ReplyDelete1. Cut the general opening sentence. Be specific only.
2. It isn't the 'first example of editing' although it may be YOUR fist example. Good comment on cross dissolves. EAA needs amplifying: it shows how hard and long they train. In particular, which officers keep going whilst the others flag, showing who has the most determination and stamina. The event itself also shows their teamwork, with Jake invited and accepted for the first time as an equal, as he did well tackling the previous crime.
3. Say 'Lauren's father'. Say 'DI Felix Kane' not 'the man'.
4. Does DI Kane persuade him? Or just grab him?