analysing waterloo road clip

 How the camera portrays certain characters
In the opening part of the clip the camera angle was looking down on the three people walking up the stairs, which indicates people looking down on them, and emphasizing people belittling them. When they get up the stairs they see a women and they ask where a certain teacher is, this teacher also looks down on them and makes them feel small. The camera shot was a ‘over the shoulder’ shot, which give the viewer a feeling of being part of the conversation. Then when the teacher chases the three people down the stairs there is shot of the teacher looking down on them again; this signifies that the three people are still being looked down on.
 The camera angle is a low shot in the scene of the teacher speaking to the students as he is on a little stage; this signifies authority and power, which teachers tend to have on students. When the three people come into the scene and start talking to another teacher the camera is a ‘over the shoulder’ shot, which makes the viewer feel right in the middle of the conversation.