Waterloo road

What does the clip suggest about this particular storyline for Waterloo Road? What do you expect to happen? How might the new character impact on existing storylines





Narrative:The clip for Waterloo Road introduces several narrative strands. In this clip the audience is introduce to Gabriella who is a new character to the series. The audience believes that she is going to cause a lot trouble with the school. There is going to be conflict between the boy that Gabriella kissed to get the lipstick off and the other girl
at 0:58. There is a disequilibrium because of Gabriella kissing the boy.


Character:The characters are typical of a TV Drama in the sub-genre of a teenage drama and largely follows Propp's theory of character types. The clip introduces key characters like the teachers and Gabriella who is a new addition to the school. A stereotype to introduce is Gabriella being very rebellious when she kissed the boy just to get the lipstick off. There is also the mother who is very protective over her child.In 0:36 Gabriella is putting on makeup and lipsticks which shows all girls care about is there looks.

Iconography:


In the clip it tells us that the students are wearing full school uniform and the teacher has a clipboard