The major characters in this documentary are Shawn Knight, Sam Shurley, Dave Austin, and John Current. All these men were high in ranks for the ALERRT training program, they were all managers or instructors. They were the ones that talked about how the program works, what they do to keep the program going, and what they do to make the experience work. They all said how they were surprised that it would come to having to train police officers to respond to school shootings, that they were used to the thought of criminals at banks or something, but not school shootings.
There were definitely some notable quotes. "We can't sit back and wait, we have to take action." and " people were waiting for the medics to come help save them." These 2 quotes show how some officers are unprepared. Saying they can't sit back anymore means they have to get out there, and that the officers don't know enough medical aid to be able to save victims from bleeding out before the medics arrive. There was also a notable quote at the end "There are approximately 18 active shooting incidents every year." This quote makes it sad, because thats a large number and that shouldn't be happening.
The story unfolds by at first telling some background information about how the company started and what made them start. Then it went to show the officers in action and how the program works, and what they go through and what they have to do. Finally they closed the documentary off by interviewing some of the volunteer victims they shoot at and then close the scene by showing the victims laughing after a stunt was over, I thought that was a nice touch to end the film in a positive way.
The story is told with a bunch of narrators. Kind of like Detropia, there are a bunch of people and no one central main character. Each person has a different position and talks about different things. The story still flows from one person to the other, one scene to the next.
The mode of the film in direct expository, it is told directly from the narrators to the audience. They used a lot of wide shots and pans to show everything that was going on and they also used mid shots and two shots when the narrators were talking, so you could see them. They also used extreme wide shot to show the plot of the land where the action was taking place. These all helped show the action and to really get a feel for everything that was going on.
The film had the sound of gun shots quite frequently, which definitely got and kept my attention. A gun shot sound is always something thats going to attract attention because its scary and even if you know its a sound on a screen, you still want to see whats happening to make that sound. They also kept the yelling of instructions and banging of doors, which really helped capture the intenseness and seriousness of the subject.
We care because shootings are becoming a more frequent thing now a days. its sad that they have to train officers how to respond to shootings at school, school is supposed to be a safe place, many kids go to school to feel safe, and if kids don't feel safe at school, they won't want to go. Its very surreal that when you hear about a new school shooting on the news its not as surprising as it would be if it happened 5-10 years ago. School shootings are becoming more frequent and bigger of an issue.
The Editors. "How America Trains Its Officers to Respond to School Shootings." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 22 Jan. 2016. Web. 26 Apr. 2016.
There were definitely some notable quotes. "We can't sit back and wait, we have to take action." and " people were waiting for the medics to come help save them." These 2 quotes show how some officers are unprepared. Saying they can't sit back anymore means they have to get out there, and that the officers don't know enough medical aid to be able to save victims from bleeding out before the medics arrive. There was also a notable quote at the end "There are approximately 18 active shooting incidents every year." This quote makes it sad, because thats a large number and that shouldn't be happening.
The story unfolds by at first telling some background information about how the company started and what made them start. Then it went to show the officers in action and how the program works, and what they go through and what they have to do. Finally they closed the documentary off by interviewing some of the volunteer victims they shoot at and then close the scene by showing the victims laughing after a stunt was over, I thought that was a nice touch to end the film in a positive way.
The story is told with a bunch of narrators. Kind of like Detropia, there are a bunch of people and no one central main character. Each person has a different position and talks about different things. The story still flows from one person to the other, one scene to the next.
The mode of the film in direct expository, it is told directly from the narrators to the audience. They used a lot of wide shots and pans to show everything that was going on and they also used mid shots and two shots when the narrators were talking, so you could see them. They also used extreme wide shot to show the plot of the land where the action was taking place. These all helped show the action and to really get a feel for everything that was going on.
The film had the sound of gun shots quite frequently, which definitely got and kept my attention. A gun shot sound is always something thats going to attract attention because its scary and even if you know its a sound on a screen, you still want to see whats happening to make that sound. They also kept the yelling of instructions and banging of doors, which really helped capture the intenseness and seriousness of the subject.
We care because shootings are becoming a more frequent thing now a days. its sad that they have to train officers how to respond to shootings at school, school is supposed to be a safe place, many kids go to school to feel safe, and if kids don't feel safe at school, they won't want to go. Its very surreal that when you hear about a new school shooting on the news its not as surprising as it would be if it happened 5-10 years ago. School shootings are becoming more frequent and bigger of an issue.
The Editors. "How America Trains Its Officers to Respond to School Shootings." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 22 Jan. 2016. Web. 26 Apr. 2016.