Life on Mars - Analysis
Life on Mars Analysis Genre Life On Mars consists of two genres which is seen to be a 'drama' series which has 'sci-fi' and 'fantasy' sub-genres from the first episode revealing the genre and plot for the series. The main character who plays as a police officer who is hit by a car and wakes up in the year 1973, still as a police officer and in the same city. After the scene where the police officer wakes up in 1973, the audience may be able to recognise that whilst the show has still maintained the 'drama' genre, it also introduces the 'sci-fi' and 'fantasy' subgenres to make the audience realise that the plot of 'transporting to a different year in the past' raises the element of 'fantasy' being introduced as a genre. This relates to Steve Neale's genre theory of 'repetition and difference' which is what he sees as forming the genre of a television show or movie. Life On Mars follows this theory by including a...