Waterloo Road – Kyle Stack sets his dog on Bex Fisher

The clip begins with a long shot of Kyle Stack and his mother and his dog, the camera is behind to what seems to look like some bars. The audience can clearly see that this is a school playground as Kyle is in school uniform and the audience can hear the sound of teenagers talking in the background as they make their way to lessons. The director uses a tilt to highlight the dog; this is significant as it portrays what’s to happen later on in the clip. The audience have a little glance to what type of dog it is and that it is quite dangerous. This also emphasises the time of people they are – trouble. “Oh yeah”, this diegetic sound that Kyle says highlights his toughness and that he doesn’t want to be messed around with. A close up of his dark barking highlights that his dog is important to him. This also foreshadows the next scene as the dog barks away at the other boys.  There is a few shot reverse shots that highlight the facial expressions of sacredness on the boys face and the annoyed face on Kyle. Close ups of the boys faces are used, this builds up tension to what the boy is telling Kyle as the audience know that something bad is going to happen. The non diegetic sound in the background gradually gets louder and a zoom is used to highlight that Kyle is going to explode. An over the shoulder shot of Kyle’s mum talking to him as Kyle walks away a long shot is used to highlight that he is now in his own world. The diegetic sound of all the screaming girls’ builds up even more tension as the dog barks at Bex, a close up of the dark barking is shown once more. A lot of shot reverse shot is used towards the end of the clip to highlight how everyone is scared of the dog and what might happen. The bars on the windows highlight that Bex is trapped inside and can’t escape.