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Opening titles.

 

THE FIRST OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE IM GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS CALLED PRISON BREAK. THE FIRST THING WE SEE IS AN OVERSHOT OF WHAT WE THINK IS THE PRISON WHICH IS CONNECTING BACK TO THE NAME OF THE PROGRAMME, PRISON BREAK. NEXT THERE ARE CLOSE UPS OF CHARACTERS AND MORE CLOSE UP OF CHARACTERS APEAR AS THE VIDEO GOES ON. ALSO IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY SHOT THERE IS A FADE EFFECT WHICH IS WHERE TWO IMAGES ARE MURGED TOGETHER FOR EXAMPLE A CHARACTER AND A MAP. THIS IS USED EFFECTIVLEY BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU CAN USE MORE FOTAGE IN A SMALL SPACE AND SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME. ALSO THE MUSIC IN THIS IS FAST TENSE MUSIC AND IT FITS VERY WELL WITH THE TOPIC OF THE PROGRAMME.

 

THE SECOND PROGRAMME IM GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS CALLED TRUE DETECTIVE.  THE FIRST THING WE SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAMME IS A POLLUTED AIRED FACTORY SUGGESTING A CITY VIBE AND THE NAMES OF TWO CHARACTERS. THEN THERE ARE SOME MORE SHOTS OF A FACTORY OR A SMALL CITY OR TOWN. WE ALSO SEE SHOTS OF FIELDS AND TRAINS SUGGESTING A QUITE COUNTRYSIDE FEEL TO THE SCENE. AFTER THAT WE START TO SEE CHARACTERS FACES BUT NOT A FULL IMAGINE OF THEM. AGAIN LIKE PRISON BREAK WE SEE CHARACTERS FACES OR BODIES MURGED TOGETHER WITH OTHER OBJECTS FOR EXAMPLE A TRAIN OR A FACTORY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE OPENING SCENE THE MUSIC IS LIGHT AND IN A MAJOR KEY. THE SHOTS USED ARE LIGHT AND POSITIVE BUT LATER ON THE MUSIC TURNS INTO A MINOR KEY AND THE SHOTS BECOME DARK AND ARE COLD. THE MUSIC IN THIS PIECE IS JUST  A SIMPLE MALE VOICE AND A GUITAR AND DRUMS. I THINK THIS ALSO REPRESENTS THE BARE AND SIMPLE LIFE OF WHERE THE PROGRAMME MIGHT BE SET.

 

THE THIRD AND FINAL OPENING SCENE IM GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS CALLED THE BIG BLUE. THE FIRST THING WE SEE OF THE FILM IS A LONG SHOT OF WHAT WE THINK IS THE OCEAN. THIS IS SUGGESTING A FILM ABOUT THE SEA. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SHOTS ARE AGAIN LONG SHOTS OF THE SEA BUT THIS TIME WE CAN SEE THE LAND. THE MUSIC IS LONG UNUSUAL SOUND THAT FIT THE PIECE NICESLY WTH THE UNKNOWNNESS OF THE SEA. THEN THE TITLE APPEARS IN BIG BLUE WRITING. THEN WE HAVE A VIEW FROM ABOVE AND A YOUNG BOY RUNNING ALONG THE ROCKS. AFTER A COUPLE LONG SHOTS OF THAT IT CUTS TO A CLOSER SHOT OF HIM GETTING SOME GOGGLES AND FINS FROM UNDER A ROCK. AFTER THAT IT CUTS BACK TO A LONG SHOT OF THE SEA. THIS USE OF CLOSE UP SHOT TO LONG SHOT IS AN EFFECTIVE USE OF ICONOGRAPHY BECAUSE IT IS ESTABLISHING A CHARACTER AND THEN ESTABLISING SETTING.