Regional Dialect In Doc Martin Analysis -

Doc Martin -

Editing:

• Jump cuts to show the stark difference between the Londoner and the Cornish/ Devonshire people

Sound:

• The accents of characters
• 'Bodmin' meaning crazy
• Calling an adult 'boy' 
• Comical slow yet upbeat music supports the idea of country 'bumpkins'

Camera:

• Low angle camera shot shows the lower class status
• Panning shot following them down the small town high-street in the cliff tops

Mise-en-scene:

•  They don't use nouns
• Cornish/ Devonshire people are uneducated
• The Cornish man is lazy
• The southerner is out of place
• Small town where everyone knows everyone
• Family businesses
• Doc Martin suggests that the northerners don't even know how to use a mop
• Blue jumpsuits for working class (blue collar workers) plumbers family business
• Vegetable cart prop

How to Identify Regional Identity - 

• Setting
• Accent
• Dialogue
• Props
• Makeup
• Class of characters
• Costumes