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.