An Example of Ethnicity- Gavin and Stacey

The ethnic group represented by Uncle Bryn in this Gavin and Stacey clip is Welsh. Peoples typical view on Welsh people is that they live in 'the valley', speak with quite a dim accent, and are huge fans of agriculture. Quite a few aspects of this clip from Gavin and Stacey reinforce these ideas.

When watching the clip you immediately become aware of the mise en scene. The clip is set in Uncle Bryns house, who is a Welsh man in his early 50's and stays very true to his roots. Being in the 21st Century we have quite high tech technology, and from looking at his computer you can tell he's defiantely not 'up to date'. The furnature in the room is also very old looking, and you'd imagine it to be in a much older persons house. This is very similar when it comes to looking at the wallpaper too. All of these features in the room help to back up the idea of the Welsh living in 'the valley' and being quite seperated from the rest of us.

There are only a few various camera angles used. One being a close up of their faces when mid conversation- it was a good choice to use one on Gavins face because it shows you his expressions clearly when being 'taught' how to use the Internet. The other one is a basic mid shot capturing Bryn, Gavin and the computer in the center. This could imply that the computer is the center of Bryns life or the main focus point at this moment in time. This also showing that the Welsh have only just been introduced to the Internet; which could infact be the reason because they've only just been able to gain a connection because of living so far away from civilisation.

The sound you can hear is only their conversation, so it's quite a quiet scene. However, this helps you to listen to his accent and hear the itelligence in his voice. When Bryn is describing to Gavin how to use the Internet he speaks his words quite slowly, and what he's describing is a very simple task to us. Speaking in a Welsh accent and being quite slow with his words also reinforces the fact that people have the idea of some Welsh people being quite dim and not very bright- this is also backed up by the topic of conversation.