This is another episode from Waterloo road that shows the roles of a stereoypical victim of bullying.
Unfortunately after alot of effort i couldn't post this video onto my blog but is a perfect example from waterloo road of the feel i was trying to get. It is a similar situation but the boy being bullied has an STI. Nether the less it shows the young, naive boy. Stereotypically looking small, naive,lonely with no friends just a few people that feel sympathy for him but still dont want to be friends with him. This is the feel i was trying to portray for my character i wanted to show him at the start with a group of friends being the 'cool', popular, trendy boy that everyone wants to be friends with but then we see him isolated and alone once he has discovered his cancer. I did this through shots such as him swinging on the swing nobody around him but a massive group of young people the same age all laughing and playing in the background. From my audience feedback i can see that i was successful in this as i recieved several comments such as.." you really showed the aloneness and isolation of the boy".
I chose to cloth them in this way as due to casting issues i had to make them look as similar as possible as they didn't, although people do change alot over age. Therefore they are both wearing blue jeans and plimsole type shoes. I wanted them to be wearing dark colours to reflect the mood they would be feeling. This is also stereotypical as at funerals people wear black - when they are sad (below photo from Eastenders).
I also used shots of them wearing a 'typical' school uniform of a white shirt, tie and black trousers and blazer
and the certificate giver dressed 'smart- casual' formal dress, which you would expect a teacher to wear, i also added a name badge around her neck to make it look more proffessional and realistic like in Grange Hill.
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