Improvements Section A

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In 'Waterloo Road', initially shown on BBC 3, then moved to iPlayer online, the show has a fictional set-up based on a real high school. The majority of the stories are over-exaggerated in order to create excitement and attract viewers who may relate to some of the dramatical issues. Also, 'Educating Yorkshire', which is shown on Channel 4 is more of a reality/documentary style show which gives it a more realistic element. This is because 'Educating Yorkshire' has fixed cameras all around the school recording thousands of hours of footage, whereas 'Waterloo Road' is carefully constructed. Both shows use the theory of Todorov's equilibrium: 'Educating Yorkshire' shows how 'Mushy' improves his speech impediment and 'Waterloo Road' shows the girl who gets into trouble for wearing lipstick removing it by kissing another boy. 

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In both secondary texts 'Top Boy' and 'Kidulthood', there are a wide variety of characters who each serve a different purpose. For instance, there's a protagonist (victim/villain) and the princess type character who needs saving. Especially in 'Kidulthood', the one who needs saving at the beginning is a girl named Katie who is getting bullied in school, ultimately she commits suicide,. This creates more suspense and drama as it wasn't expected. This also adds to the theory of Medhurst, which addresses how people that are being bullied in high school need those issues to be addressed before it's too late.