Class&Status

Upper Class:

Downton Abbey:

This is a classic example of a TV drama which is showing upper class people. From the clip you can see that they come from a higher background because of the mise en scene. The setting is very posh as well as the costumes worn. Their accents also demonstrate that they come from an upper class background because they speak with received pronunciation. 

Sherlock Holmes:

Sherlock is an example of someone from an upper class backgroud. He is always well dressed which deomstrated that he can afford up market clothing. He speaks in clear Standard English which shows that he is sophisicated and well educated. 

Middle Class:

Breaking Bad:

The White family is an example of a family from a middle class background. Walter White is a teacher so therefore has a respected job. Their house is fairly large and the clothes that they are wearing wouldn't be classed as scruffy. 

Grace (Skins):

Grace is an example of a character who comes from a middle class background. She has her own individual style sense which shows that she is sophisicated. She is very well spoken and has a parents who have respected jobs. 

Working Class:

Kelly (Misfits):

Kelly from Misfits is shown to come from a working class background. She is seen as the typical 'chav' with what he looks and speaks like. In the clip she is shown being violent which would be stereotyped as being a trait of someones from a working class background. 

Cook (Skins):

Cook is shown as coming from a working class background becuase of the way he acts, talks and dresses. What he wears the majority of the time doesn't look smart, he wears a lot of polo shirts which look too small for him. He has quite a common accent and also swears a lot. As a character he is shown as always being in trouble. He even went to prison.