Shot types in Doc Martin

At the beginning a master shot is used which shows where the action will take place, in this case the action was the sink breaking. In this shot it also established the characters order of status. Doc Martin was standing up indicating he is the highest status in the room, then there was a dad in the middle of the order being ranked middle because he was a father, an important pillar to society. Lastly was the son of the dad who was below the dad, being the bottom of the order of status. The next shot was a close up of the dad, this was purely to highlight the fact that he was speaking. You can see within all of the clip also that a persons eyes will always follow who is speaking, which indicates who you should have main focus on. The next shot used was a reverse shot which was to show another conversation within the room between 2 people, the punk looking girl and another boy within the room. Next in the scene the son stands up as he makes an intellectual comment against the father, this shows that the ranking has now changed and that in fact the son is now more important than the father. Another master shot is used when the sink actually breaks and this just establishes the action. As Doc takes the dog to a police station the camera follows him on his short journey that is shown, however it is an establishing shot used, this let us know that he is in a small village. Sound is helpful in this scene as the sound of seagulls also establishes that the scene is by the sea. When leaving the police station a woman approaches Doc and an extreme long shot is used which establishes where the conversation will take place. The extreme long shot also again establishes the area in which they are. Close ups are used as Doc Martin realises he knows someone and the person also realises they know him, this makes the relationship seem significant and shows emotion. This is then reinforced with dialogue later on.