YouTube Short clip Analysis

Analysis on: The Bill Final Episode Respect Part 2 'HD'
Clip Length: 5:25 minutes

The clip is taken from the end of the final episode of the bill. DI Jack Meadows has just found out who stabbed a young teenage boy that morning and after he has released all of the relevant information he does a small speech on 'Respect'.
The whole way through the 2 minute speech about respect there are various camera changes between DI Meadows who is making the speech and the journalists and other police inspectors that are in the audience also in the room. There are a lot of medium shots of the DI which then change to a multi-shot of the line of inspectors at the back of the room. this shows the relationship between the inspectors and their DI as a good relationship and it shows that they look up to him.
The camera often changes to a close up of the young victim's mother who is also in the audience for this speech. The camera cuts to her when there is a comment made in the speech about her son, the close up shows the emotion in her face and it gives the viewers at home an idea about how the speech is making her feel.
There is a point in the speech where the DI mentions that he is proud of his officers. When this is mentioned there is an extreme close-up of two of his officers hands as they move towards each other and eventually link. This shows the viewers the good relationship of the officers and it gives the idea that they will always stick together no matter what happens.
After the speech finishes, one of the characters called 'Mickey' starts to walk towards the door to leave the room. He walks past in a line in front of the camera and when he gets level with the camera it starts to follow him walking through the station. He passes through various rooms in the station showing most of the main characters in the program. When he walks into the locker room there is two other characters in there just leaving the room so the camera then carries on with its journey through the station following these characters. The camera keeps following these characters as they go outside the back of the station and start to walk round the front. When they get to the front the camera moves away from them and with use of the crane shot, rises to look through a window at the DI as he is walking through the building to leave. it then picks him up again with the same shot coming out of the front entrance and walking towards his car. This is a very long shot and it is used in a clever way. It shows nearly the whole of the station in the shot and also nearly every character. This is to say farewell to all of the characters and give the viewers a last view of the station in the last episode. The shot used through most of this is a bit like a point of view shot of somebody watching the characters. Then at the end the crane shot works well because it slowly moves out away from the station to close the program off like it is saying goodbye to the station.