Tuesday 6 December 2016

Waterloo Road: representation of Age:




In the first scene. A Mid shot is used to show the two teenage boys attempting to hide a camera. Through their clothes. we can tell that they are in secondary school uniforms. Also there uniforms are shown to be untidy. suggesting they do not care to be there which would reflect the stereotype of teenage society. Furthermore Digetic Sound is used through the boys talking to one another such as 'Chill out' which shows slang which the audience can immediately associate with their ages.

In the following scene, an older looking teacher appears and begins talking to the boys. His brown suit suggests that he may be from an older generation and not have similar dress sense as the teenagers. Quick cuts are used when the teacher asked for the camera to be handed over. demostrating the boys as being naive as they were trying to hide it. Next an insert shot is used. showing the camera which has been broken badly.

However shortly afterwards we are introduced to another teacher wearing more modern clothes, from which we can that she is a younger teacher as she does not wear the uniform. However when asked about having the broken camera insured. the camera cuts to the teachers face. This is done to suggest that she didn't take the insurance on the camera. The over the shoulder shot that is used during this scene also shows the older teacher smiling. furthering his stereotype of a old man who i s mean and harsh on people younger than him.


In A later scene. the audience is shown another mid shot of a stereotypical teenage boy leaning by a door. He is wearing a hoodie over his uniform and his shirt is not buttoned up. which shows normal behavior around schools in the UK as students tend to rebel against rules. As to try and show there own identify. Also in this scene we see a teacher with a pen behind his ear, the use of this prop makes the audience think that he would in his mid 30's to early 40's as nowadays people dont have pens behind their ears as it would look uncool.