The document provides analysis of mise-en-scene and sound details from the TV show Waterloo Road and how they indicate certain representations and meanings. It includes a table analyzing character details, clothing, props, and sounds and what they suggest about the characters. The document then prompts students to consider how young people, adults, and older people are often portrayed in media and provides guidance on developing the analysis into a paragraph essay on representations of age in Waterloo Road.

1. Objective: Pupils to demonstrate their understanding of how meaning is created through mise
en scene and sound through textual analysis
Outcome: Paragraph on representation of age in Waterloo Road
Character Mise en scene detail Indicates….
Textual Analysis
Mr Rimmer Short sleeved shirt Relaxed, informal attitude
Amount of work Lazy
Smoking – cigarette Heavy lifestyle? Stressed?
Unprofessional
Aspirin Hangover – unprofessional.
Alcohol Unprofessional.
Pub
Suit Position of power
student Lack of uniform – baseball Chavvy, violent- bullying
bat, chain,
Cap, phone
Headteacher Amount books, paper Unhinged - students
New deputy Suit, umbrella Posh, professional

2. Objective: Pupils to demonstrate their understanding of how meaning is created through mise
en scene and sound through textual analysis
Outcome: Paragraph on representation of age in Waterloo Road
Textual Analysis Waterloo Road
Sound Indicates…
Non-diegetic -I predict a riot Loss control – from the adults, students left
doing what they want – violent aggressive
youths (stereotyped)
Dialogue- Deputy ‘last applied…..’ Desperate.
Mr Rimmer – pub ‘ other office Unprofessional.
Diegetic students – screaming/shouting Unruly – badly behaved
Clink glasses Friendly – agreement – deal been done
Synchronous – aspirin. Reinforces – unprofessional.

3. Objective: Pupils to demonstrate their understanding of how meaning is created through mise
en scene and sound through textual analysis
Outcome: Paragraph on representation of age in Waterloo Road
Textual Analysis Waterloo Road
How are young people often represented in the Media?
Teenage girls?
Teenage boys?
How are adults represented in the Media?
Women (25 – 40)
Men (25 – 40)
How are older people represented in the Media?
65 – 80?

4. Objective: Pupils to demonstrate their understanding of how meaning is created through mise
en scene and sound through textual analysis
Outcome: Paragraph on representation of age in Waterloo Road
Textual Analysis Waterloo Road
From notes to essay
Mr Rimmer is wearing a short sleeved shirt.
Mr Rimmer is wearing a short sleeved shirt which makes him appear informal and
laid back.
Mr Rimmer is shown wearing a short sleeved shirt which makes him across as
informal and laid back. This is not a traditional representation of a teacher as we
would normally expect to see a person of his age and position as authoritative.
NOTE – SUGGESTS – CAN YOU LINK THIS TO REPRESENTATION OF AGE?

5. Objective: Pupils to demonstrate their understanding of how meaning is created through mise
en scene and sound through textual analysis
Outcome: Paragraph on representation of age in Waterloo Road
Assignment: 1
Write a textual analysis (focusing on mise en scene).
This should be at least 1 side of A4.
Use the table and the writing framework (on previous slide) to support your writing.