The Rotters club-How is regional identity represented in this clip

The north stereotypes
-Flat cap wearing
-Pigeon racers
-Friendly but 'bloody-minded'
-Stubborn and argumentative
-Whippet owning
-Menial manuel jobs
-Little education
-Sexist
-Thick accent
-Bitter drinkers
-Hot pot
-Miserable weather
-cobbled streets




Country stereotypes
-West country-scrumpy-addled yokels
-The imbred
-Stupid
-Happy
-Live stock bothering
-Farm hand yokel
OR
-Lord of the manor
-Hunting toff
-Slow pace of life
-Have animals
-Landrover
-Tractor







In this short clip of The Rotters club we see a group of men discussing whilst eating a meal. It seems this discussion is between people of two different regional identities-Northerners and Southerners. The southerners seem to be higher up in profession and most probably are the runners of a business. The northerners seem to the workers for these people. These two types of people are oppositely sat in the restaurant which not only shows a difference ,but opposition in class and regional identity.

As the clip begins the camera angle is an extreme close up of a meal consisting of steak, chips and salad. This is very much pub food and not particularly sophisticated. We also notice the glass of beer which is a stereotype of northerners. However next to this class is also a wine class which shows a higher class and sophistication, this we become aware is the southerners side of the table. When panning over to the northerners plate there is a very similar layout but no wine glass can be seen. I feel the southerners overall would prefer to drink a wine accompanied with their meal yet they still have a glass of beer. Perhaps this is to fit in with the northern way of life and to disguise the distinction between these two regional identities. After the close up of the meals the first southerner can be seen and as the clip carries on we get the impression this is the 'main man' in the business, most probably the boss. When the camera is focuses on each northern character we notice how both look extremely unimpressed, uninterested and impatient. When talking they tend to speak with their mouths full of food which shows a lack of mannors and again, a lower class. The camera also shows a full shot of the setting in which the clip is set, we get an understanding it is a kind of pub-resurant and it doesnt appear to be very high class, this again matches with the place in which the northern characters are from. Throughout this clip another thing that appears quite often is the use of homophobic jokes which seems to show homosedxuality is not particularly acceptable in a stereotypical northern society.  The use of colloquial language is also quite obvious in the nothern characters, for example the use of the word 'bab' (aimed at the waitress) and 'poncy toff' (referring to a school). This only shows lack of education or laziness to speak correct english and once again we can distinguish the difference in class through the use of language.

In terms of Mise en scene we can see that the set is designed in a particular way to emphasise the class division. The way the characters are positioned shows the opposites in class.