Cuffs Chapter 8 -

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Chapter 8 Analyse the police /press briefing and explain what the audience learns about Jo, in her personal and professional capacity, and how the editing shows the impact of the witnesses.

In this chapter the audience learns that Jo has had a past with her co-worker (the man beside her in the briefing) and by the way she looks at his hands when they sit down next to each other at the briefing you can tell that there are lots of things running through her mind and she isn't overly comfortable sitting with him. So from the personal views it is obvious that her and this man next to her, have more than just a working/ on the job relationship. Which, in my opinion makes her professional status seem like she's not taking it seriously. Whereas, another view of her professional capacity is that the way she talks about the 'witness' needing to talk about the events and to report what has happened almost makes it seem like she is putting a blame on the witness implying that the situation can be solved if he speaks up. The editing in this scene puts a lot of impact onto the witness watching the live broadcast, as it uses cut away shots taking you from the scene with the police reporting the accident to the young boy who witnessed the stabbing that day. Also, as Jo speaks about if anyone has seen anything they need to report it as soon as possible, this can make the witness feel guilty as he knows what has happened and he saw the stabbing in his bare eyes.