1he 1hree Ways ln

Whlch LLhnlclLy ls 8elng ueplcLed on

Screen
WhlLe eople are 8epresenLed as ln
ConLrol
W Lven Lhough Lhe whlLe and black offlcers were worklng
LogeLher Lhe whlLe offlcer Lakes conLrol when
lnLerrogaLlng Lhe young black male
W (whlLe male offlcers has more dlalogue
W lnLer[ecLs and ls more blunL we could do Lhls here or
somewhere more formal lf you llke"
W Also Lhe whlLe offlcer has more screen Llme Lhan Lhe
black male offlcer and enLers Lhe house flrsL
W 1he maln pollce offlcer ls shown Lo be ln conLrol
because he Lakes cenLre sLage and has everyone
crowd around hlm)
oung 8lack MascullnlLy ls
8epresenLed as uncooperaLlve
W 1he boy does noL look Lhe offlcers dlrecLly ln Lhe eye
Lhls suggesLs Lhe apaLhy whlch he has concernlng Lhe
slLuaLlon As he ls seemlngly unworrled abouL Lhe
severlLy of Lhe slLuaLlon
W Also Lhe black male ls seen as uncooperaLlve as Lhe
whlLe offlcer ls sLandlng whlle Lhe young black male ls
seaLed Lhls and hls body language (blocklng hls face
wlLh hls hands) means he has creaLed a barrler whlch
represenLs hls lack of respecL
W Pls dlalogue l know whaL you loL are llke" also
suggesLs he ls uncooperaLlve aggresslve and blunL
oung WhlLe Mlddle Class
orLrayed as More 1rusLworLhy 1han
8lack Worklng Class
W Camera shoLs (ln Lhe lnLervlew) Lhere ls a
close up shoL of Lhe mlddle class whlLe boy's
whole face ln comparlson Lo Lhe young black
male where Lhe camera ls poslLloned boLh
behlnd and aL Lhe slde of Lhe boys face 1hls
suggesLs LhaL Lhe whlLe boy ls more
LrusLworLhy whereas Lhe black boy has
someLhlng Lo hlde
emlnlnlLy ls represenLed as 1lmld
helpful and lnnocenL
W lnnocenL boLh of Lhe females belng
lnLerrogaLed are represenLed as Llmld Lhrough
dlalogue (l know LhaL he's dead") and
(honesLly l don'L know how any of Lhls
happened")
W Pelpful 1hey boLh cooperaLed wlLh Lhe pollce
and answered every quesLlon
W 1lmld 8ody posLure (arms crossed) capLures
Lhe lnsecurlLy of Lhe female