LIFE ON MARS





Life on mars is all about a police officer from the 21st century has an accident and wakes up in 1973.





This screen shot of the movie is a extreme long shot, and maybe even a establishing shot. It shows allot about the programme and the dynamics of it. And if you study this screen shot more and more you find in it. Here is what i found out.



This picture includes the tower block in the distance representing modern England and the 21st century.

• the detached houses in the foreground represent the 1960's and as you can see they are separated by the title of the programme ' life on mars.' showing that this is where the drama is based really. in between the two very different worlds


• one other thing that you notice is that there are dark clouds and a non pleasant atmosphere. where as over the 1960's detached houses there is a beam of light and you feel as if there is a nice, warm atmosphere around those houses.

This screen shot was before the one above in the programme and is a great screen shot of the modern society. This screen shot is in the opening sequence in episode, between credits and an extreme close up of the front wheel of a car going at high speeds on a main city road in present day, Manchester. The colour palate is mixtures of gray, which connotes bleakness, motion and technology.

The forward motion of the car connotes the forward motion of time and how this moment in time is much further on in time. the low angle shot shows that in the 21st century is much more dominant 1973.