PLAN
Ryan: can handle tricky situations (beach), leader, experienced (chosen for jake)
Jake: new (newly recruited), inexperienced, jumped the queue (chief inspectors son)
In the opening shots of Cuffs you are introduced to Ryan. He is seen driving to the location of which he has been called to, to break up a fight. You see him in his police car and talking over the intercom. He seems to know what he is doing as he is using the right call signs and terminology. Once he gets to the location (a nudist beach) he tries to stop some drunk men from harassing two naturists. He seems the handle the situation quite well as he separates the groups for a bit, however, a fight breaks out and ends with Ryan being punched in the nose. Despite that, he is shown to be a good leader and quite experiences, probably the same reason he is chosen to train Jake soon after in the episode.
Whilst the fight was happening, an assembly was being held to introduce all of the new recruits to the police force. It is being led by Chief Superintendent Robert Vickers as he says a speech about the risks and rewards of being a police officer. At the end of the speech he brings forward Jake Vickers, his son, and welcomes him to the force with a proud smile on his face. Jake steps forward confidently also with a smile on his face as he believes he is ready despite the fact he may have less training than other rookies joining as well as he jumped the queue due to him being the Chief of Police's son. This makes him inexperienced and unprepared for the day-to-day life of a police officer.
Mark 7/10
ReplyDeleteYou sum up the main points well in your opening: Ryan's experience, control and calm. You note the confident smile on Jake's face at the ceremony but could go on to note his unease, even apprehension, when Ryan is so business-like and even abrupt with him. You could draw attention to Jake's unawareness that being over-promoted because of his father's rank will earn him no respect. We learn a good deal about Ryan from the dialogue: "the best babysitter in the business" and "the chief picked you personally".
So in all, give more detail for a 10 mark question.