Mise-En-scène

Mise-en-scène is a french term which basically means everything you see on the screen. It only consists of visual aspects and is used to deduce what you can find out from a piece of media without and audio.

At the start of this clip you immediately see two plumbers and Doc Martin. Doc Martin is wearing a suit which shows you that he is in a position of power. The two plumbers are wearing work overalls which are slightly dirty which shows they are both manual workers except maybe the younger one does more of the work as the older one is sitting down. The fact that the plumbing is needing to be fixed forms the idea that is not a new house and that it is probably quite old.

There are a lot of boxes in the room which could make the viewers think that he has just moved in and whenDoc Martin first enters the room he is carrying something so this adds to the idea that he is moving house and bringing his stuff.

As Doc Martin leaves the room that he is in and goes outside you can see from the buildings that they are quite old and they also have small doorways and the streets are narrow which is an indicator of old fashion buildings. This confirms the idea about the house that Doc is moving into being quite old.

You see hills in the background which shows that they are in the country and as the streets are so unpopulated with no cars being driven at all they are probably in a small town in the country somewhere.

Near the end of the clip a seagull lands in the background while Doc Martin is talking to a lady. This shows that the small town that they live in is by the sea. You also see their hair and clothes being blown quite a lot which backs up the theory that it is set by the sea as there is a strong breeze formed by waves at the sea.

The seagull is spotted flying into the shot on the right of the picture