Waterloo Road, S 4 Ep 5

Representation

Synopsis - Drugs awareness day dawns on Waterloo Road. Governor Ralph Mellor wants Marley Kelly out of the school and away from his daughter, Flick, and plans to use the voluntary drugs tests to do it.

Earl Kelly The schools new Bad Boy
Costume – white school shirt untucked, with top buttons undone and collar open – doesn’t keep to uniform rules, shows he is a rebel, and school trousers
Chunky silver chain around his neck – “chav” jewellery, a large grey jacket
Body language – has his bag on one shoulder and walks tall with his shoulders back and arms swinging – shows he is a confident character who thinks he can take on anyone
Action – rolls up the drugs awareness letter into a “joint” and pretends to smoke it – shows that he does not care about authority and likes to push the boundaries and take the mick. Also shows that he smokes drugs (also seen in previous episodes)
.. when he walks into assembly he puts something in Grantly’s hair – shows that he has no respect for the teachers
.. “should get to know each other, I mean we’re all going to be family soon” – he pretends to sound considerate but says this with a mocking tone, showing that he is almost rubbing it in Ms Haydock’s (Maxines guardian and Maxine is his girlfriend) face that she can’t do anything to stop them
.. looks at the picture of Eddie (one of the teachers) protesting to legalise drugs with a smirk on his face as though he has an idea about what to do with it
.. Earl does not listen to the teacher when she tells him to sit down and says “make me” showing that he doesn’t care about authority at all and thinks he’s even better than the teachers
.. Earl rocks backwards and forwards and sings to himself ignoring the head teacher and walks out of the ‘cooler’ despite being told not to go



Grantly The moody teacher
Costume – very bad looking wig, old fashioned suit
Body language – walks with his head slightly low and shoulders slightly hunched – shows that he is a moody character and quite old
Sits in lessons leaning back on his chair with his feet on the desk – shows that he knows he has authority over the pupils
Action – He says that the £10 on the floor is his when Earl Kelly asks him even though it is not reallyChases the dog when it takes his wig shouting at the dog, “drop it you stupid mutt” – showing he is a high-strung, moody character