Waterloo Road Trailer

The shots in this trailer are only a couple seconds long which makes the scene chaotic, additionally it reflects on the situation as everyone is worried and scared about a gun being in school and the school is also on fire. It reinforces the idea that she is confused and scared.

There are a few diegetic sounds like the gunshot, screaming and some dialogue but its dominated by non diegetic sound. The use of non diegetic sound of the dialogue is very helpful as it explains the narrative, moreover it adds validity because we hear it from the character. Furthermore the music makes the trailer more intense and continues the theme as its the same music as the actual soap.
The trailer portrays the storyline through the head teachers point of view, which we think is effective because it helps create a division between the teachers perspective and the pupils actions. However we have decided not to do it this way because then our target audience cannot relate to the soap.
The trailer follows the conventions of a soap as it uses only the dramatic shots from the series, giving it a lot of impact, this leads the audience to carry on watching. The other conventions it follows is the music they use is upbeat reflecting the messy situations, the mess camera shots also reflect this.

I like Waterloo road and I think it is a very good show for all ages as it is about teen life in school which would appeal to young people and it is also about the teachers so it would get older people watching it as the teachers lives may be like their own. I will not be using the same type of plots as Waterloo road as most are about the teachers, whereas my show is about the students of the school. Although I will feature the storyline such as a school fire involving the nine main characters and some recurring characters.