Friday, 6 December 2019

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.


1 comment:

  1. This is obviously copied from somewhere! Please don't do this

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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 sh...