The actress who plays Steff Hardock is called Denise Welsh.

She has played a number of similar roles in soaps such as Waterloo Road. The most notable

of these are probably her characters Frances Myers in Bad Girls and Natalie Horrocks in

Coronation Street

Heavily ‘Lipsticked’ which could

allow us to associate her as a ‘Bunny

Boiler’

Bright coloured shirt would perhaps

portray her as a bit of a ‘rebel’

Her stance would perhaps suggest

laziness (Slouched over)

French writing and flag in the background possibly

gives away her profession in the school as a French

teacher

Buttons undone once again

supporters Bunny Boiler image as

well as showing her untidiness

So she looks distinctly unmotivated

in her job, sustained by her glazed

expression

Tom Clarkson is played by Jason Done.

His first notably TV appearance was in ‘Blood and Peaches’ where he is one of four boys

involved in murder which relates back my initial thoughts of him being a serious character in

Waterloo Road. He also starred in a Television series called ‘Wokenwell’ where he played

PC Brian Rainford a Police officer, a role following the ‘controlled’ ambience of ‘Tom

Clarkson’

Apple shows he has a teacher’s pet

or admirer.

He once again looks very de-

motivated within his job

Lots of work on his desk shows he is

perhaps behind with marking or

something

Lots of examples of English in the

room which perhaps means he’s an

English teacher

Apple shows he has a teachers pet

or admirer.

Judging by his expression he could

be the ‘hardman’ of the school

Possibly representing class within

the school. He is surrounded by

what look to be sophisticated novels

and he is also dressed very smartly

in a shirt and tie, which are all done

up to make him appear ‘smart’

He looks very in control

though I think. He gives off

vibes of being fairly important

to the school community

Looking at a 10minute clip of Waterloo Road- Private school and Public school

amalgamation

In this question I would like to analyse the way in which the Upper Class private school

children have been depicted in this clip. Some ‘Wide’ and ‘Two’ shots have been used to

distinguish the Private kids from the Public kids. This is very effective as the shots show the

segregation between the two groups and the awkwardness that is created by them (Private

Kids) being there.

I would now like to look at the uniform and dress of the public kids. The public kids seen in

the clip tend to be poorly dressed with their top buttons done up and their shirts un-tucked,

this is highly contrasting against the Private kids who are very smartly dressed in the same

type of uniform. I think this has deliberately been done by the director who has used this

technique to help the audience see the stereotypical difference between the groups.

This brings me on nicely to the races of the two groups. The Private students are almost all

white. I think this is once again deliberate to conventionalize Private students has being the

sons and daughters of rich Bankers and Farmers, two jobs commonly associated with white

people in England.

The final characteristic of the two groups that stands out is accent. Which has once again

followed the stereotypical image that Private school kids all speak of a much higher

standard of English than common old Public School students. For example several of a public

students have acquired a distinct London Grime accent (In the middle of Rochdale where

Waterloo Road is set?) which is interesting as all of our Private school students have either a

well to do accent or a well spoken Northern accent (If that’s humanly possibly), basically a

northern accent with a posh twang