life on mars revision
- Created by: Meg westcott
- Created on: 22-05-23 17:23
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- life on mars
- representation
- women
- Maya: represents modern day women as independent, working alongside me
- Miss Raines: comments that work is 'no-life' for young women, showing a common viewpoint at the time, shows the attitude to women in the work place
- Annie: she's discussed in a sexualised way. she challenges the way women were perceived by men
- men
- Gene: represents old fashioned masculinity (he drinks, smokes and bullies others to get his way). he encapsulates this 'hyper-masculinity' in his actions and values. shown by filming him from a low angle.
- Sam: represents a modern day man (professional, smart, treats women as equals) offers the audience a viewpoint they (should) see as more appropriate (protagonist)
- women
- genre + context
- Sci-Fi: Sam seems to hear thing the others don't. time travel- when he wakes up there is a 360 shot, diegetic/ non diegetic sound. the use of a dark colour palette and low key lighting.
- modern context: Sam's perspective shown through comments, attitude and technical codes such as close up and POV shots - signifies a preferred reading
- intertextuality: audience pleasure/ nostalgia (back to the future billboard). 70s cop show music, fashion and pop culture
- typicality: opening scene- typical (car chase/ arrest). Typical characters, setting and iconography. Includes elements of 70s crime drama though a modern perspective. Typical character types and binary oppositions
- Propp's character types
- Neale (genre)
- Levi-Strauss
- Untitled
- Industry
- Regulation: Ofcom follows same codes as other broadcasters. the public have to complain. Time shift viewing + streaming led to the irrelevance of the water shed
- Marketing: had posters, trailers and teasers all with a vintage feel. The cast and crew did interviews to promote the show. LOM had its own page on BBC website, and the BBC produced merchandise materials
- Marketing: John Simm- pre sold audience from Dr Who. Gene Hunt became iconic with the UK version broadcast in 14 other countries
- production
- BBC: unbiased, 25% independent, educate + inform, diverse + innovative programming, LOM is a hybrid genre, modern day perspective on past views
- Kudos: part of Banijay UK, part of a conglomerateur based company - office in London and Manchester, well known for quality dramas/ working with top actors/ writers, is diverse
- Curran + Seaton
- audience
- targeting audiences through: genre, narrative and representations
- how are audiences positioned: through Sam's modern day perspective and restricted narrative viewpoint (POV shots)
- who are they? older demographic, crime dramas are popular across genders, characters appeal to all for various reasons. hypermasculinity + lack of political correctness = male audience
- broad socio-economic audience: active. (B-C = complexity) (D-E = Gene Hunt)
- representation
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