CUFFS: REAL LIFE

 How far does the extract try to create a sense that it is portraying 'real life'?

In the extract they attempt to make the police officers seem as if they are in 'real life' by adding members of the public to the scene and portraying the characters in everyday locations such as when they were in the canteen eating their lunch. When eating lunch they make the audience feel relaxed and as if they were friends in real life as they are making jokes about each other about how its double lunch on wednesday. This creates a calm and funny effect on the audience as nothing thrilling is presented during this time of the scene.

Also the extract is trying to illustrate them in 'real life' as they are seen to get along with each other and have fun around each other. This creates the 'real life' effect as normal day to day police officers would be friends and joke around together. This allows the characters in the extract to feel more comfortable and free when acting out the scene. 

In the extract they try to make the police officers act as if they were in 'real life' because the officers are seem to be running and chasing around criminals which portrays that they are in real life and that its not made up. Adding scenes where they are chasing criminals brings thriller involved and the action and they shows real life because the officers are on duty and not sitting around acting in canteens.

CUFFS: MEDIA LANGUAGE, REPRESENTATION OF CHARACTERS, SOCIAL ISSUES AND CONTEXTS

 Use of ark pan 

non diegetic

Criminals try to make the police look bad in an image.

different motion blurs 

Cuffs uses two shot when Ryan tells the criminal that they don't care what their parents do implying that Jake isn't good enough and only here because his dad is the chief of police.

Joe is embarrassed by Vickers rejecting her so they include a close up of her emotions.

Hard cut not  

POPCORN PREP

 What is a two shot and how can it be used?

A two shot is when there are two characters in the frame and on of them can be blurred out. It was used in cuffs when Ryan tells the prisoner that they don't care about what their parents do and the camera unblurs Jake suggesting Ryan was talking about how Jake's dad is the only reason he is in the police force. (Jake's dad is the chief of police).

MOJO Magazine

 The cover is quite busy, with a lot of information that is 'right in your face.' Neil Young is written in the largest type, implying that he is very essential and a vital aspect of this publication. The texts are well-organized and to the side; none of them conceal his face; instead, they go behind him, emphasising his importance. Most music publications have around the same number of cover lines as this one, but not all of them are as well-organized. "When the music calls, you go with it," he says, demonstrating his relaxed demeanour and willingness to go with the flow. "From harvest to barn: in his own field" This demonstrates that the magazine contains some humour because it is a pun about harvest. field of his own" suggests that he may be unconventional, with his own style and genre of music. The major colours are yellow and black since the lighting is yellowish, and the font is yellow and red to complement the lighting. Because there is little of it, yet enough to appeal to the naked eye, the accent colour is orange and black. There is a cover mount on this, which isn't usual of mojo.