The show is started off with a quick response officer responds to a falling out at a naturist beach. The superintendent Chief Vickers voices over the scene saying that the officers have the up most respect from the public. This contrasts with what we see on the screen as it shows that Ryan is not shown much respect by the two differing groups of people. This is almost a comedic scene as it makes the watcher feel sympathy for Ryan. As this is the first scene we know that the show is about the police.
Jake Vickers is quite a stern person when trying to get the vulnerable person to open up the door, the way he went about it was totally wrong as it means that he is more frightened. Ryan takes a cool calm approach to the situation, building up the relationship and referring to him as his first name. Ryan reassures him to make him feel more comfortable with him being there. In the scene the drug addict the experienced police officer, Ryan, shows Jake how to be more sympathetic towards people in vulnerable situations. He asks him if it is okay to touch him and the music marries well with the reassuring dialogue with Jake and the dawning realisation of the mans situation. It shows that the policemen in this situation act as his guardian angel.
In the Corner shop scene, the kind of criminals mentioned so far we feel sympathetic towards them, in this scene it is a much serious crime. The attacker calls him racist derogatory terms. The police officer in this scene is represented as a sensitive person in order to get the information out of the shop keepers son. She creates a relationship between herself and the boy in order to try to build trust to make him speak. This action creates an emotional bond between the officer and the watcher and, gives us an insight into her personality.
Mark 6 out of 10
ReplyDelete1. 'the up most respect' should read 'the UTMOST respect. Call it a television programme rather than a show. How do both the revelers and the naturists disrespect PC Ryan?
2. Start paragraph 2 with a topic sentence such as 'The police are depicted as sensitive and responsive when handling law-breakers who are also vulnerable, distressed and in danger of harming themselves. Although we see from the police's point of view how unpleasant it is to attend the scene of drug abuse in Nathan's house, they aim to deal with Nathan with sympathy, reassuring him and providing medical support. We experience how hard their job is. The camerawork focuses on the police a great deal so that the viewer sees the situation from the police side, from Jake's disgust to Ryan's sympathy.'
2. You can write very well on Jake and on Jo but your comments sometimes lack context (and names!). Particularly good is your final comment but particularly bad is not explaining how the criminals are presented and why we condemn them.