Crime drama KEY TEXT 1 : LIFE ON MARS ep 1

Analyse how Life on Mars ( episode 1)  uses the  technical codes and the all of the key terms listed below  to position audiences and create audience pleasure and responses , using specific examples from the episode .

Make sure you especially focus on areas such as  generic codes ( crime and scifi) , iconography
 ( props,costume and settings) ,  cultural/historical and genre contexts  such as police methods, historical events etc, characters such as the investigator and sidekick, the audience surrogate and point of identification , issues of representation of  ethnicity  and gender  , enigma codes and restricted/unrestricted narratives.  


Look closely at the mise-en-scene and narrative of key scenes.

The text book contains all of the key terms, particularly on narrative ( P139-142 ).

This should be a thorough analysis about the same length as an exam question (  1000 words + )