Waterloo Road- Clip Analysis.

Waterloo Road- Clip Analysis.

The clip that i am going to analyse is a scene from waterloo road. This clip is about two girls in the school toilets truanting from class and talking about taking drugs after school, what they didn’t know is that their friend is in the other cubicle and can hear what they have been saying. The other girl confronts both girls about their conversation and how wrong it is to take drugs and it turns into a heated conversation for all 3 of them.

The camera and use of angles in this clip is very important because it tells the audience who to look down on and who you should support in the clip. When Sam finds the other two girls in the toilets a high angled shot has been used to look up at Sam highlighting that she is far superior to the other girls because she is not contemplating taking drugs. Slow panning has been used when the question is asked ‘are you in or what’ this illustrates hesitance in the character because she is not sure whether she wants to take the drugs panning allows time for her to respond and the audience look at the response of the other character. Tracking has been used when the two girls are talking in the toilet, this adds fluency to the clip and makes the camera movements look more natural.

The Mise en scene in this clip is important because it displays what type of girls they are and what kind of school they go to. The clip starts by showing us the girl’s surroundings, the messy unclean toilets that they are standing in, graffiti up the walls and a generally dirty place. This suggests that these characters are of a lower class   judging from their surroundings. Their clothes are also messy with shirts un-tucked, short skirts, shorts ties and their top buttons not done they also wearing hooped earrings and a lot of makeup this suggests that they want to be stylish keep up to date with the latest fashion even if they are in school.

The sound in this clip is non- digetic. The beginning of the clip starts with the Waterloo Road theme tune this then fades out so we can concentrate on what the girls in the toilets are saying to each other. The first thing that we notice is that the girls have accents this helps us establish what part of England they are from. Things that they say emphasise to the audience that along with their poor dress sense they speak commonly as well using words like ‘aint’ and ‘gonna’. At the end of the clip the girls all stop talking and the theme tune to Waterloo Road fades in this leaves the clip on a cliff hanger and makes the audience feel like they want to see what happens next and watch the next show.

The editing in this clip is fast pace. It is especially fast pace towards the end of the clip to create tension between the girls. There is an over the shoulder shot, this makes the audience feel that they can see what the characters see, making them can feel comfortable watching it. At the very end of the clip a high angled shot of Sam is shown, this makes the audience look up at Sam so making them believe that she is the better out of the three and the girl that is doing the right thing.