Representation of region in TV drama

By Aaron.F

Scottish

• Monarch of the Glen – Hector Macdonald• Dialogue/dialect: Posh Scottish (light)• Location/setting: Scottish highlands• Costume and Make-up: tartan kilt • Class/Status: Upper Class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterThe regional identity can be seen slightly in his accent attire and to an extent the environment they live in as there is not many other places in the UK that are still green and remote. But most of all in his formal attire which consists of a kilt.

Irish

• Love/Hate - Dano• Dialogue/dialect: Irish• Location/setting: Dublin/inner city• Props: Guns• Costume and Make-up: lower class clothing, t-shirt coat.• Class/Status: lower class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterYou can identify Dano’s regional identity through his strong Irish accent and the stereotype that they are violent, alcoholics and linked to the IRA.

English

• Downton Abbey – Violet Crawley• Dialogue/dialect: received

pronunciation• Location/setting: country estate in

yorkshire• Costume and Make-up: Expensive,

high class clothing/work clothing for servants

• Class/Status: upper class/low class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterThe regional identity of Violet Crawley is easily identified as English as they follow the generic stereotype of English people being very posh, but it is very hard to identify that she and her family live in Yorkshire as they do not act in a “northern manner”.

London

• The Take – Freddie• Dialect: cockney accent with a slight drawl • Location: set in London/inner city• Props: cigarettes, alcohol, gun, broken bottle • Costume and Make-up: Smart attire and jewellery. • Class/Status: working class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterIt is quite easy to identify the regional identity of Freddie through his accent and his physical manner. He is portrayed as a stereotypical Londoner, with thecockney accent and the mix of upper class and working class appearance.

Essex

• The only way is Essex - Amy• Dialogue/dialect: Un-educated• Location/setting: Essex• Costume and Make-up: trendy clothing fake tan• Class/Status: Working class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterYou can identify the regional identity of Amy through there stereotypically unintelligent and annoying voice and her vanity.

The North

• Shameless - Frank • Dialogue/dialect: Manchunian• Location/setting: Manchester• Props: alcohol, cigarettes.• Costume and Make-up: working class attire, jeans coat etc.• Class/Status: lower class.

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterYou can identify the regional identity of Frank as a northerner through his northern sounding manchunian accent and Franks work shyness and borderline alcoholism two negative stereotypes of northerners.

Manchester

• Coronation street - Fiz• Dialogue/dialect: Manchunian• Location/setting: Salford, Manchester• Costume and Make-up: working class, northern attire. Jeans dark jacket

etc.• Class/Status: working class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterYou can identify the regional identity of Fiz from accent and moreover their work. A lot of the characters work in a factory a profession associated today with the north more than the south.

Liverpool

• Bread – Joey• Dialogue/dialect: Scouse • Location/setting: Dingle, Liverpool• Props: early mobile phone, Jaguar• Costume and Make-up: smart leather jacket/clothing• Class/Status: lower class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterIt is slightly more difficult to identify the regional identity of Joey as hisaccent is not very profound however he follows the stereotype ofliverpudlians being less classy than those from the south which can beseen through his willingness to bend the law to obtain money.

Newcastle

• Our friends in the north – Geordie Peacock• Dialogue/dialect: Geordie• Location/setting: Newcastle upon tyne• Costume and Make-up: smart attire (suit & tie)• Class/Status: working class (in later series lower class/homeless)

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the characterGeordies regional identity can be identified through his strong Geordie accentand his optimistic attitude to life (in the early series’). However besides hismanner his outward appearance is not very stereotypically Tyne.

Yorkshire

• Emmerdale – Zak Dingle• Dialogue/dialect: Yorkshire/Tyke• Location/setting: Yorkshire Dales• Props: Farming equipment• Costume and Make-up: northern clothing, farming attire• Class/Status: working class

Describe how you can identify the regional identity of the character the regional identity of Zak Dingle similarly to Coronation street through his strong Yorkshire accent and their agricultural style of living.