The document discusses how regional identity is portrayed in television shows through elements like accents, settings, costumes and props. It provides examples from the shows Skins and Sherlock. In Skins, the rural characters have strong southern accents which identifies them as locals, while an outsider character speaks differently. Costumes also reflect stereotypes, like a farm boy dressed in wool and plaid. Sherlock is set in urban London, and the posh accents and sophisticated suits and coats of the characters portray them as urban professionals.

1. Regional Identity
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2. Regional Identity
• Regional identity is identifying a persons
identity which is rooted not only in the setting
of the film but also in speech, costumes, etc.
and in the region they live in.
• Setting, accents, dialogue, props, make-up,
class of characters, costumes.

3. Skins - Rural
• The majority of the characters have the same southern accent
making it easy to determine their regional identity.
• Characters who are from a different region are clearly
presented as different. When it comes to Skins, Franky who
moves from Oxford, is clearly shown to be an outsider from
the moment she appears in the series, especially when
compared to the other characters.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rMZZHC294

4. Alo
• The character Alo lives on a farm, which relates to the common stereotype
surrounding people from the southern region of Britain.
• Him and his family all have strong Bristol accents and comply with the
common conception of living in this part of the country.
• This includes their costumes, heavily wool clothing and plaid shirts. He
normally appears to be quite dirty due to the conditions he lives in. This
helps to strengthen his stereotype.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6Bg-AMepg

5. Sherlock - Urban
• The majority of the characters in this series have a Sothern
English, receive pronunciation. This is relatively posh and is
shown throughout this series.
• Sherlock is set in Hertfordshire, Camden and Covent Garden,
it is mainly filmed in different places in London.
• They also have a specific costume of sophisticated looks, such
as suits and long coats.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP5Dr63TbSU

6. Sherlock
• Sherlock wears a shirts, tailored trousers, long coats and a
scarf. This makes him come across as sophisticated and also
very serious.
• Sherlock also dresses perfectly, just like a stereotypical English
man. He is also shown as pretty and nicely groomed to show
how he has a sophisticated appearance.
• His main character wardrobe consists of suits and especially
long coats, to symbolize how important he is. When people
see a long coat they instantly assume they are important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAai7yjv6v4