How is media language used to represent modern Britain?

Camera/mise-en-scene:
Establishing shot is a tracking drone shot.
Low angle close up on a black officer- ethnicity is now respected and shows equal rights.
Low angle steadicam tracking shows rough life.
Over the shoulder shot to show POV of the policeman looking at the sign for a naturist each. Shows liberal timex
Panning medium close ups of a variety of cultures and ethnicities.
High angle shot of a 'lad' group portraying the rest of Britain.
Medium shot showing the modern Britain, cannot do anything without it being shown online.
Violence problems, low angle close up of policeman.
As it is set in Brighton this show the wide sexualitys as it is the gay capital of the UK.
Sound:
First sounds are the diegetic ambient sound of seagulls- Britain is a leisure society.
Non diegetic music- tense music is made to create tension.
Diegetic radio police chatter- Britain has a problem with crime.
Alpha male and the hero due to a serious and low tone off his voice and how he uses deep male language.
Diegetic dialogue chief of police "having positive interaction s with the public" the imagery here is followed with juxtaposition as the policeman is knocked to the floor.
"seriously what is the point" aimed at an officer is showing that the modern police are overstretched so they cannot control everything that is going on.
Editing:
Continuity as we are seeing the same scene but from lots of different angles.
Sound bridge making the scene flow.
Voice over being used as a sound bridge.
Parallel editing to show that what being a policeman is like is not compared to the reality of being an officer.


Essay:

Cuffs was a crime drama written in 2015 and reflects the social, political and cultural climate of the time, showing the vast changes in some of these issues and how far the UK has come in terms of morality and acceptance. In terms of ethnicity, there is a positive representation because back in the 20th century, black people would be degraded by being presented as the criminals of the show and white people empowered by representing the governmental power, raising hate crime against blacks as it showed a hierarchy in race. However in Cuffs this habit is broken through the main character PC Ryan Draper, who is a black alpha male who is a good and diligent worker in the police force and represents how far the UK has come in terms of racial acceptance. This represents Britain in the fact that racial minorities are no longer still being minorities as Britain has become a lot more racially diverse.

How is media language used in The town of now return to represent gender and sexuality.

In the Avengers, Mise-en-scene in the town of no return was used to represent societal values and Attitudes of the sixties through the use of costume/clothing, make up and hair style. Emma Peel, the female protagonist, wears tight fitting clothes which are partially leather; her hair is pushed back and short with simple sixties make-up.This connotes the movement of femininity in the sixties, empowering women through wearing what they want to but also representing sexuality and how the sixties was a ‘decade of free love’ ,due to the scientific discovery of the contraceptive pill, so women didn’t have to be as careful and ashamed when it comes to representing what they feel like. The partially leather suit implies to dominating and sexual acts.  It starts with a close up of a door bell, Steed presses the door bell with his cane. This connotes to Steed being the higher class man so he is not needing to respect the building by pressing the doorbell with his finger. This could also connote to Steed ringing Mrs Peel's bell. Followed by a giant eye that is used as a peephole for the door. The eye is covered in makeup, this emphasises the women becoming empowered during the 1960's. The man however, wears more ‘respectable’ clothing, a suit with a bowler hat and an umbrella, the conservative suit he’s wearing is directly contradictory to that of Emma Peel’s clothing, perhaps conforming to societal conventions of men and deeming them more respectable and superior to women by staying in their comfort zone.  The men are in suitable and formal clothing, this may indicate that they are superior and deemed more presentable compared to women.

In the beginning of the extract, one of the first sounds introduced is a non-diegetic flutter of excitement sound, highlighting the relationship between the man-Emma Peel’s boss, and herself. This connotes that the relationship between the two is more than friendly, playful and most importantly mutual. It isn’t just the man advancing towards her, once again representing the growth in free love of the sixties and the uprising of women stepping out of their boundaries against men.This connotes that the relationship between the two is more than friendly, playful and most importantly mutual. It isn’t just the man advancing towards her, once again representing the growth in free love of the sixties and the uprising of women stepping out of their boundaries against men. The next sound is a diegetic doorbell sound from when the doorbell is rung, followed shortly by a non-diegetic crescendo when the eye opens, signifying that there’s chemistry building up between the two characters and confirming that it’s a mutual feeling between them.