Mise-en-scène of Doc Martin

Mise-en-scène: Everything that is in a scene.

From everything shown within the clip we can tell that it is based in a village for various reasons. There are multiple buildings which look old due to looking like they have been built with old materials such as stones and old coloured bricks, these buildings are placed on narrow streets. In comparison to city life, everyone in the scene was laid pack and taking their time to walk around and admire a view, whereas in a city people bustle around and rush. Not only this, but there were no cars in movement in the day, which never happens in a city, this is how we know it is a village which is calm and quite rural. To support the fact that the area is rural, the rooms are dark and the doors are quite small, this shows that the area isnt modern, which tells us again that it is an old fashioned village.

We know that the village is also easy going, a lady approached Doc on the street and we saw him get out paper and take something down, being a doctor, we can only assume that he was writing her a prescription, this also shows trust within a community. Secondly, when Doc goes into the police station the policeman is hoovering which tells us that the police officer has nothing better to do which means there is no crime.

In the opening scene the room is quite bare apart from boxes that are scattered around, this tells us that possibly someone has only just moved. We are then supported of this when Doc Martin walks in wearing a suit whilst everyone else in jumpsuits, this shows us that he doesnt quite fit in and that he is of higher social status. Another person that doesnt fit in is the receptionist who doesnt follow the stereotypical looks of a receptionist, she has punk hair and is wearing a smiley face t-shirt which tells us she is young, this lets us know that the relationship between her and Doc Martin is bound to be comedic.

We can also tell the area is by the sea as there are hills in the background and an evident breeze, which is common when by the scene in typical country England.