Name of Television Drama: Waterloo Road
Broadcaster/Scheduling Details: Every Wednesday 7.30pm - BBC1
Creator: Ann McManus and Maureen Chadwick
Director: Various directors
Writer: Various directors
Characters: Michael Byrne
Janeece Bryant
Harley Taylor
Phoenix Taylor
Narrative: the scene opens when the head teacher was brutally attacked in his past school by a pupil by the reaction on his face you can tell that he is still scared to this day y his attack and there is a story behind this. the scene then skips to him at work where his secretary where she offers him some refreshments in a bubbly accent. But straight away that he is a stern man by his reaction to her kind nature. Then the scene skips once more to two boys getting ready for school and you can tell immediately that they are caring for themselves which shows that the program is not about the rich but the 'common' society.
Mise en scene: the 3 scenes have all different mise-en-scenes:
1. a clean cut flat with the modern necessities. there is no speech involved just dramatical music in the background followed by the alarm clock sounding and the actors diegetic sound walking to the bathroom. dim lighting.
2. again a clean cut office but this time showing he is no longer scared but in control of this environment and is standing strong in his large office. his outfit was also looking expensive and chic. natural lighting.
3. a messy old fashioned house where the boys are both dressed scruffily and saying they are late for school showing that they are very unorganised a very different routine to the head teacher. bright lighting.
Sound: starts off with non-diegetic sound when the headteacher is in his dream then when he awakes it changes to diegetic. But throughout the two minutes there tends to be a trend of non-diegetic sound in the background. Along with speech after the first minute.
Industry: adverts in BBC 1, played weekly on wednesday night at 7.30pm but is not sponsered by anything.
Audiences: Target audiences is middle aged females with the secondary audience as teenage females. As both these audiences can relate to the program as there is a wide age range of the cast in the program. It involves both parental and teenage views within the show so can help them understand different eras of growing up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b014thjt/Waterloo_Road_Series_7_Episode_11/
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