Characterisation

She's The Man

The main characters name is Viola, we know this thorough the action code of someone saying it. Form the opening shots we know she’s good at football this is obvious form the goals she scores and the way everyone else plays the game with her, also the celebration dances that they do. We can tell by the crowd of people around her that she is popular, and isn’t shy. We can tell that she’s confident as she’s talking to everyone and interacting with others.
Also the fact that she’s very athletic, leads us to believe that she is also very good at sports. We can also tell that she is a typical teen by the way she acts and looks.
When the football team is cut we can tell that she cares an awful lot about sports as she is upset and wants to do anything to make it stay. Also we can tall that when she believes strongly about something she will do anything to get it, so she stands up for her beliefs. 

We then see her being mistaken for her brother showing that she is very boyish and looks like him, also the way she dresses is very boyish.
The scene with her mother trying to convince her to be more feminine further supports the fact that she is very ‘boyish’. Her reaction to the dress also shows this.

We can also see that she is embarrassed by her family, and that she doesn’t openly let people met them.
We also get to see the contrast between her character and the character of Monique, where she is very boyish and Monique is very girly.