Tuesday 13 December 2016
Thursday 8 December 2016
Waterloo Road Representation of Age
Waterloo Road Representation of Age
At the start of the extract, two teenage boys are trying to hide a camera that they have broken. An older teacher then enters the room and catches them trying to hide the camera. A low angle shot is used on the teacher to further reinforce his authority over the students. The low angle shot makes him look taller than he really is when compared to the students. The mise en scene of the teacher further reinforces the stereotype of old people being grumpy and out of touch. His suit is brown and dull in colour. He also has a grumpy tone and attitude when speaking to the two boys. The two boys are being represented as rebellious. They try to lie to the teacher about what happened to the camera and hide the fact that they broke it.
Further on in the scene, one girl finds out that a boys parent is sleeping with her parent. She then aggressively starts asking about it and starts to push him around. The boy then starts to have an asthma attack. The boy is being stereotyped as quite a weak character. He is rather quiet and when he is confronted, he begins to have an asthma attack. The camera starts to shake during his asthma attack to further reinforce the chaos and panic of the scene. Shot reverse shot is used when the girl is attacking him. When he starts having the asthma attack, the camera cuts back to her face and a close up shot is used. This is done to show the emotion of regret in her face as she realises what she has done. the girl character fits into the teenage stereotype of recklessness because she doesn't think about the consequences of her actions before its too late.
Further on in the scene, one of the teachers is wearing clothes that a teenager would usually wear. This is done for comedic purposes and to show the stereotype of adults being out of touch. He is ridiculed by some students because someone of that age doesn't usually wear clothes of that manner. Rap music is played over this part of the extract to further reinforce the ridiculousness of what the teacher is wearing. The other teachers even point out his clothes and question him about them.
Sound, camerawork, editing and mise en scene are all used to represent stereotypes of the two age groups. The character release heavily on stereotypes to create the different characters because of the fast paced nature of the show.
Further on in the scene, one girl finds out that a boys parent is sleeping with her parent. She then aggressively starts asking about it and starts to push him around. The boy then starts to have an asthma attack. The boy is being stereotyped as quite a weak character. He is rather quiet and when he is confronted, he begins to have an asthma attack. The camera starts to shake during his asthma attack to further reinforce the chaos and panic of the scene. Shot reverse shot is used when the girl is attacking him. When he starts having the asthma attack, the camera cuts back to her face and a close up shot is used. This is done to show the emotion of regret in her face as she realises what she has done. the girl character fits into the teenage stereotype of recklessness because she doesn't think about the consequences of her actions before its too late.
Further on in the scene, one of the teachers is wearing clothes that a teenager would usually wear. This is done for comedic purposes and to show the stereotype of adults being out of touch. He is ridiculed by some students because someone of that age doesn't usually wear clothes of that manner. Rap music is played over this part of the extract to further reinforce the ridiculousness of what the teacher is wearing. The other teachers even point out his clothes and question him about them.
Sound, camerawork, editing and mise en scene are all used to represent stereotypes of the two age groups. The character release heavily on stereotypes to create the different characters because of the fast paced nature of the show.
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