I no we had to do a case study on one postmodern text, however, after visiting mediamagazine8, it made me realise that i could have done it on Ashes to Ashes as i watched this programme and Life on mars religiously.
Strinati's feature of postmodern of confusion over time and space, really comes into play in Ashes to Ashes. This programme has the plot of Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) who gets shot in present time (2008) and stays unconscious in 2008 but become conscious in 1982. During Alex's time in 1981, she knows that she is meant to be in the present time and the series is about her trying to get back and wake up from her coma. For confusion over time and space, this happens because every now and then, within the show, there are clips of what is happening in the future. An example of this is the clip below of when Alex is seeing people talking to her unconscious body in 2008.
Another example of confusion over time and space is flashbacks as the occur often. This is a technique commonly used throughout the series, for example when Alex Drake has flashbacks of her parent's death.
Ashes to Ashes draw on several genres, such as, mystery, police, comedy and drama. Even though Ashes o Ashes is meant to have a genre of drama, however, there are comedy elements, especially some of Gene Hunt's line which creates a humorous side. This series also has three narratives which are all about the past, future and present. As of the three part narrative, it is blurring the lines of reality. This is because in this series they are using the flashbacks to mix the narratives up which is causing the blurring of line in reality. This is also happening because in some confusion over time and space aspects, it is showing what people are doing/saying to Alex Drake in 2008, however, Alex is in 1981, so is confusing whether 1981 is realty or is 2008 and the events in 1981 is just a dream.
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