Waterloo Road - Kacey wins the football match - Camera Analysis

The clip begins with a pan from left to right, this highlights the fact that there is supporting event happening as there is a group of young teenagers clapping there hands and cheering.There is a lot of jump cuts going on when playing on the football pitch. This helps the audience to stay in contact with the football. Throughout the clip there is a lot of quick jump cuts between the football pitch and the crowd. When Waterloo Road begin to lose there is a close up of Waterloo Roads facial expression which indicates to the audience that they are not doing too well in the game. The director has placed the camera behind the football goal, the goal appears to be in line with one of the main characters in this scene. This highlights the fact that she is trapped and doesn't know what to do as she is having a few problems and is scared to tell the world about them. A high angle shot is placed highlighting the pitch. In this shot the audience can see that there isn't many Waterloo road players on the pitch, this could be why they are losing. As Waterloo road score to highlight that they have won the match the director has used many close ups to highlight the crowds emotions and how happy they are. There is then a zoom into the score board to highlight to the audience that they have won the match. The director then uses another pan from right to left where Kacey is kissed by another girl and then a pan from right to left as Kacey's brother stops them. As Kacey s problem is revealed in front of her school there is a few close ups of Kacey and her closest friends's faces highlighting how shocked they are. Also of the other times faces, this is because Kacey has been hiding her identity as she is a girl and is not supposed to be playing on a boys football match. The director then uses a tilt to highlight the PE teacher as he had gone against the headteachers order as Kacey wasn't supposed to be playing. As Kacey walks off the pitch the camera is in deep focus, this helps the audience to sympathies for her.