At the beginning of the extract the setting is Dr.

Ellingham's new home and

surgery practice, we can see that the surgery practice is outdated and does not
look like a practice we would find in a city or a modern village. because the
practice looks this way we can see that there is a difference between modern
and rural communities when it comes to the development of technology. There
are boxes positioned to show that Doc. Martin is moving into a new environment.
The camera tracks the two plumbers who are wearing their workers uniform,
there outfits contrast with Dr. Ellingham's outfit because he is wearing a
respectable and professional suit, this shows that there is a difference in the view
of how serious professional appearance is viewed by the local people of
PortWenn. The plumbers are seen working on a sink in the traditional house.
After the slight tracking shot the camera then fixes itself to a steady low angle
position, allowing the audience to view these contrasts and surroundings. The
filming is shot as a one shot with multiple aside shots to follow the appropriate
diegetic dialogue. The dialogue from the local plumbers does contain some
regional dialect and an accent which has developed from the surrounding area.
In the context of the scene Doc. Martin actually finds himself asking about the
local language, in particular the word 'bodmin', Bodmin is a local village in
Cornwall and the word as a colloquial term of an adjective which is translated as
a local term for ' going mad'. The fact that Dr. Ellingham is asking about the local
dialect shows that this town and place is a new environment for him and that he
has encountered some new regional dialect. After this conversation the character
Bert, one of the plumbers who came across as careless and lazy through the
conversation prior, then goes to work at one of the pipes. His son displays an
array of panic and he has a flustered tone in his voice to suggest that he knows
his Dad will do something wrong. Sure enough there is a burst pipe and spraying
water, followed by the synchronous sound of water rushing. The fact that Bert
has just come across as so unprofessional and just made a mistake suggests that
he does not take his job seriously or that he doesn't really know what he is doing.
Martin begins to manage the situation and the receptionist comes in claiming
she 'cant work in this', this communicates further that people around the area,
martin has just moved to, don't really take their jobs and professions seriously,
thus living up to the usual stereotype of rural folk being unplanned, relaxed and
care free. In contrast to this lazy behaviour we have our character Martin who is
from the stressful back ground of London, he takes charge of the situation and
manages it in order to end the panicked situation, this helps enforce the usual
stereotype of people from big cities being rushed, stress and controlling.
Suddenly the dog enters the scene to add to the manic state. He barks to add
more noise to the confused surrounding and this gives us the idea of sympathy
towards Martins attitudes because we can see that the dog is unwanted. We get
the impression that this dog has followed Martin before as he seems adamant to
get rid of the dog because it appears to be getting on Ellinghams nerves. The
camera zooms in on the face of the dog to suggest the threatening position of
Martin, the specific angle of this dog helps the audience to become empathetic
towards the dog and therefore biased to be sympathetic towards the dog with
whatever martin chooses to do with the dog. Martin comes across as harsh
toward the dog and this could be conforming to the stereotype of being from a
busy, city-like area which does not house or have time to care for many animals,
therefor he may not be used to owning animals. We cut from the scene shot in
Doc Martins home to a scene shot of Martin walking through the streets of

PortWenn with the dog being lead somewhere. Dr. Ellingham is using a bed sheet
to lead the dog away, this suggests that Doc. Martin is really not prepare nor has
any knowledge of how to care for an animal. The shot uses a mixture of an
establishing shot and a tracking shot to set the scene of the innocent and rural
village. There are small shops to suggest that the town is not used for big
businesses because of its small population. We follow Doctor Ellingham into a
police office with a tracking shot. During this whole scene of movement there is a
Non-Diegetic track of music being played, it has sharp tones to it which suggest
a non-serious atmosphere is wanting to be depicted to the audience in this
scene. As we enter the office we cut to a shot of a hoover and the synchronous
sound of said hoover is heard. There is a rising shot as we, the audience, are
being introduced to a new character so we can evaluate the fact that he is a
police officer. There is only one police officers based at this police station and
this could enforce the stereotype of there not being much crime in small villages
because the people are so friendly and relaxed. Doc. Martin has a small, one
sided conversation with the police officer. The fact that Dr. Ellingham does this
conforms to the stereotype of city-dwelling people usually being rude. The music
fades and the scene cuts to Martin walking alone back towards his surgery
practice, the music is replaced by synchronous sound of seagulls and heavy
wind, sounds like this are expected with places at the seaside and the sound
allows the context to become clearer to the audience. Martin is approached by a
woman and the camera takes a one shot view of this scene, the camera tracks
them from the front as they have a conversation and then Martin moves on and
continues with his walk. Dr. Ellingham approaches the primary school in
PortWenn, he is followed by the camera with a tracking shot, and he appears to
stop when he sees the character Louisa, she was introduced earlier in the
episode but is not in this extract. The Non Diegetic music which is played in later
episode from every time the two characters meet begins to play, this suggest
that because of the consistent, music used for the character that she will have a
permanent effect on his life here in PortWenn. Martins Aunt who is wearing
farmer like materials, thus conforming to the stereo type of many people being
farmers in the countryside, enters the scene. She tells him to give her a hand
thus assuming that she has taking control of the conversation, she hands him
carts and trays full of vegetables and we as an audience assume that she farms
food and produce and we get the idea that she sets a bar of the stereotype of
being a farmer for the local community in a small village.
In this drama we see that some of the characters do manage to break some of
stereotypes that come with the environment of the country, however the
majority of the characters as well as the environments around them have
unfortunately managed to conform to expected standards.