Representation of Northern characters.

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In this clip, two Northern workers are taken out to dinner by their two Southern bosses. They are sat opposite eachother across the table, this immediately shows the diffrence and seperation in class.
The mise en scene in this clip shows the four men seated in a 'normal' looking yorkshire pub; this could have been carefully chosen by the bosses as in an upper-class stylish restaurant, the two workers may feel uncomfortable or even the fact that the bosses may be embarrased to take the workers out in anywhere that they do not look comfortable in. This could be taken as a symbolic code.
The expressions of the workers could maybe also imply that the workers do not like the upper class. This is shown through humour in the script, when one of the worker's makes a joke about one of the boss' son, ' Ben-t-rotter'. This joke also implies that Yorkshire workers are Homophobic as noone objects to the statement made, maybe in fear that they may too get accused.
At the start of the clip, the camera panns across the table on a close-up shot. We can see that the two bosses have wine glasses whereas the two workers have a typical Yorkshire beer in a beer glass. This could show the stereotype of the yorkshire workers, as well as signif again the diffrence in social class.
The food on the table could be described as good, honest yorkshire food, 'bloody great steak though', one of the workers says.
Laura Mulvey's 'Male Gaze' is present in this clip. A mid-shot is used from behind one of the worker's shoulders, a waitress walks past him and he turns to look at heer behind, the mid-shot then shows 3 of the men at the table staring in the same direction. When asking for the salt, the worker also refers to her as 'bab', this could be seen as stereotypical dialect from yorkshire but also it could be taken as offensive to a woman.
'Bollocks to that', another stereotype from the Yorkshire workers could be that they are very agressive and get angry easily, wheras the Bosses use more formal register and a higher frequency of standard english.
There is also no soundtrack to the clip, just diagetic sound which promotes the social realism in the scene.