Doc Martin

Within Doc Martin their regional identity constructed through the idea of community. As they are from Cornwall, they can be seen as very backwards due to being very rural. In this particular clip we as the audience are shown a stereotypical version of the countryside in order to give the audience an insight into the differences between rural life in comparison to a life in the city, and what affect it has on the personalities of certain characters.

From the beginning of the clip, we can see that the men are performing manual labour which suits the stereotype of people in cornwall being very backwards. Which can make them seem a lot more hardworking in comparison to people from the midlands, who are stereotyped as being on benefits, and doing no work at all. Also, it could also show that they are very behind on technology, as now we see offices with lots of computers, people in suits etc... and very professional whereas this room is just one computer with one man doing work which is completely different to urban life. This is shown to us by the use of Doc Martin, who is a resemblance of people who are from the city and we are shown the comparison between the rural and urban by a wide angle shot showing doc martin in a suit and the other men are in run down builders type suits, which can be seen as quite humorous as Doc Martin is struggling with the life in the countryside in comparison to his past life. 

Also, throughout the whole of the clip, Doc Martin is present within many different two shots with many different people. This shows that the community is very strong and friendly on a whole and Doc Martin is very well respected. This is because people are always trying to make conversations with him, as shown with the lady that walks up to him and trys her hardest to keep it going. He is seen as being top of the hierarchy as people in the streets all look up to him and treat him like he's something special, which a doctor may have been in those times to them, or simply in that area. The reason he is top of the hierarchy could be because he's different to everyone else as he represents an urban area, therefore has a different type of knowledge to everyone else which other character thrive off. This is shown through another two shot with him and the lady that persists on making conversations with him, and asking questions as she is so curious to try and get a prescription off of him because she is keen to have conversation and get a prescription specifically from him.

The zoom that we are shown on the dog as the scenes cuts from one to another which indicates that he's about to punish the dog and do something to it. This also shows that he's not used to dogs at all as the other people in the room don't even react to the dog walking in whereas Doc Martin is shouting and getting very wound up by its presences, which shows that he is no way near used to rural life yet as its a completely normal thing to happen for the others.

When Doc Martin is walking through the village with a dog going towards the police station, he looks like the odd on out in comparison to the others that he walks past we are shown this through a tracking shot which also shows us that he is wearing a smart suit, whereas others around him are in simple casual clothing. Due to this, Doc martin gets many funny looks and therefore this has an effect on Doc Martin to make him walk very awkwardly. Also because  he's holding the dog with what looks like a rag, which shows us that he has no idea whats he's doing and is not used to handling dogs due to where he's from. 

Finally we are shown doc martin present within a two shot with an old lady who is carrying vegetables from her pickup truck into her house, this can be seen as quite hard work for an old lady as she is having to carry heavy crates into her house by herself (Until Doc Martin came over) which indicates that this woman represents the stereotype of a working person within rural area, and is very backwards due to the fact she's performing work within the primary sector. Due to Doc Martin not being very used to work like this, the expression on his face is very confused which shows that he is the opposite to the woman, and is used to work within the tertiary sector.