Representation of policing in White Chapel

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Cut:

Reactions from people out in the street. A lot of cuts to the violence on the street and mainly the old policeman and the new police man.

We identify more with fox man becuase he is a hard worker

Continuity:

When the woman was found
The riot
examining the body

Hurried, choatic, showing the many different sides to a polices officers days

Cross cutting:

The scene cuts fast between the action on the street and the police gathering
Lots of cuts when the female officer is with the soon to be dead woman

Contrast between the ranks

Eye-line match:

When two people examing the body are talking

Jump-cut:

Foot soldiers and the posh rozzers

Sequence shot:

one camera

Shot-reverse:

Washing hands shot reverse

Dolly shot:

In gathering camera pans while they are talking

Pan:

where the pan moves round the camera

Editing to show there reaction to his obvious discomfort

Editing shows his unease in the interview

The fox man is more human and down to earth

Editing emphasises stereotyping

Editing allows the audience to identify with a key character

Teachers - End clips

• Simon gets shouted at by students giving a representation that students are bullies.
• Audience expect the male figures to be more superior than the females, however in Teachers it is the other way around.
• There is a representation that police officers are uncool. This is through the perspective of the students.
• Men are portrayed as sexist and sex obsessed. this is from Susans point of view when she states that men think about sex every 6 seconds.
• In the interview there is a stereotype that teachers can't be friendly with students. With the character Simon he definitely proves this wrong.
• There is a stereotype secretaries always know everyone else's business.

Most of these are true representations. The producers give the effect of reality by showing us all the stereo types that you would see in the school.

Teachers - Camera Angles

When Simon is telling Jenny that Brian likes her he states that Brian is not good with women. At this point there is a close up of Brian stratching his crotch and then burping. Alot of the time when a character is nervous or embarrassed the camera has a shot where you can see everyone around them. the first example of this is when Simon is worried he is going to be caught by the police for smoking weed and he imagines being pointed out by a student in front of the whole staffroom. When he stops daydreaming he drops jam on his shoe and the camera shows a close up of it on the shoe. This is the turning point of his calmness in the episode and spends most of the episode on edge. Another example is the IT teacher at parents evening. He doesnt know the name of the student that is sat before him. The camera spins around the table they are sat at, showing in great detail each of there facial expressions.

Teachers - Back story

The back story of the TV drama Teachers is based around Simon. At the beggining of episode two Susan states that she is running for the job of Head Of Year. Simon longs to keep the group of the four of them together and is against the idea. This is the first time in the episode that we see the kid inside of him. It is as if they are in a gang like he maybe used to be when he was a teenager and she is leaving. Susan says to Simon as she leaves the pub "Thanks for your support Simon." We always get a sense of Susan being right and sort of showing Simon the way forward. Simon decides to leave the pub after Susan and says to the other two teachers: "bye loosers," again another example of his childishness as a person. We can make an assumption about Simons childhood because it reflects in his adult life. We can tell he messed around at school.

• An over the shoulder shot of the main character when he comes through the door as the other two are speaking.
• A high angle shot/birds eye view shot of police trying to maintain and control a crowd.
• A cross cutting shot of the action when the crowd is destroying the car. Shots cut between inside the car where the victims are and the outside of the car where the attackers are.

Definition of representation in Media

Media can be described as a representation of real life. You can represent something or someone in a positive or negative way. This can have great effect on viewers at home. The producers are essentially giving a representation of reality. Whether we belive this as a true representation is up to every audience individual however some are obviously false representations like space dramas and cartoons. Stereotypes are a great example of how the media represents something or someone in thw wrong way. In the TV drama Skins the teenagers featured in the series are generally portrayed as drug taking rebels. This can be an accurate representation but only for some teenagers therefore it is a steroetype. It is also hard to find good representation in glossy magazines. These generally include the negative side of representation and are filled with bad aspects of reality. The representation put across is genereally created by the producer. As producer you have to be careful of stereotyping things like age, gender and race.

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