Life on mars

Question 1

When was LOM released

Answer 1

2006 at 9pm on the 9th of jan
post watershed (Monday evening- everyones at home
wedged between two tv shows that already had a large audience reach

Question 2

Who produced LOM

Answer 2

Produced by KUDOS film/TV for the BBC
Funded by license fee- no desire to please advertisers
Being on the BBC they also have to represent regional areas in Britain (north)

Question 3

Narative in LOM

Answer 3

• flexi narative
• restrictive narative
• ## audience sometime positioned as spectators

Question 3

how was LOM marketed

Answer 3

- DVDS (diversification of box sets)
posters
soundtrack 
trailers
cast interviews 
Aimed to use the marketing material to target different audiences
- vertical integration

Question 4

How was the audience targeted LOM

Answer 4

crime drama genre
nostalgia 70s - life on mars was a popular bowie song
existing fans of Philip Glenister and John Simm

Question 5

Gene hunt

Answer 5

• hyper-masculinity
• very physical
• corrupt interrogation scene
• masculine iconography dartboard, reference to the office as being ‘his kingdom’

Question 6

Sam Tyler

Answer 6

Subverts and conforms to gender stereotypes

• sympathetic towards characters
• we see him crying in the car
• yet he is in a role of dominance demonstrated in the fight scene as well as his highly respected position in the police force

Question 7

Levi straus structuralism

Answer 7

Gene and sam- binary oppose one another
representation of women in 70s and 00s binary oppositional
police department in 00s binary opposite of 70s