Analysis of the Title Sequences of Two TV Programmes
A television title sequence has to carry out a number of important
roles. Firstly, the signature tune signifies which programme is about
to start. Some well known signature tunes are instantly recognisable,
even to young children. The music in a title sequence is like a scent.
It attracts its viewers to the television in the same way bees are
attracted to pollen. Secondly, the title sequence aims to be
associated with the programme. The signature tune has the role of
giving an insight into the programme's style and a good signature tune
provides clues as to what the programme is about, for example a ghost
story may have an atmospheric signature tune. In addition, the title
sequence can be used to introduce the programme's characters.
Furthermore, it is intended to attract and maintain viewer's attention
and finally, the title sequence acts as a 'wrapper' around the
programme. It is a vital part of the whole package.
'The Bill' and 'NYPD Blue' are the two television title sequences to
be compared. As both programmes are crime related dramas, it will be
interesting to investigate whether both title sequences create similar
expectations of the proceeding programme. The title sequence of 'The
Bill' opens with a close up shot of bright blue flashing lights, which
signifies an emergency. Black and white chequered tape rolls across
the screen in a suspended edit and then the viewer is immediately
informed that a crime drama is about to start. An atmosphere of danger
and excitement is created ensuring the viewer wants to keep watching.
A car is seen hurtling across the screen in an attemp...
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...t and action-packed
with a high level of excitement and featuring charismatic actors in
the principal roles. Realism comes second to a glossily packaged
product, which offers high entertainment and easily understood
storylines.
Both title sequences work very well and give the viewer an instant
glimpse of what lies ahead. However, the 'NYPD Blue' title sequence
appears to have a more powerful effect on the viewer. It appears to be
more sophisticated and in my opinion it does a better job at
attracting its target audience and keeping them interested. 'The
Bill', however, has a much more simplistic title sequence while still
capturing every day Metropolitan Police life in the city of London. It
provides an insight in the job of a policemen or policewoman. Viewers
who enjoy crime drama will want to carry on watching.
In this paper, I’m going to talk about these two intriguing movies. The movies that I will be elaborating on is “And Then There Were None”, and “Clue”. In my paper, I will be examining the similarities and differences the plot of the two murder mysteries were different and similar. I will also try to find the similarity between the plot of these two movies. In my paper, I will be discussing the difference between the two movies murder scenes. I hope you think my Compare and Contrast paper is intriguing.
not have a sponsor, instead it has a now and next screen, and has a
“Oh my God, they killed Kenny!” South Park is a adult cartoon that circles around the abnormal life of four boys living in Colorado. This hilarious animated television series strives to be the most controversial show on air. The series has been on air since August 13, 1997 and while the show seems ridiculous, it is commonly known for incorporating high and low culture within the show. South Park has been known to take current issues from today’s society and convert them to a more simplified version while transforming it into a satire. One episode that stood out from the rest was an episode called “The Cissy” which focused on gender relations and transgender issues. This episode reflected on how today’s society see gender and transgender.
America got its first look of a program that would later become legendary on September 8, 1966 at 8:30 PM on NBC. America was never the same after Star Trek made its debut that night. The series did not receive the recognition it deserved until it was canceled after only three years and later returning in syndication. However, Star Trek was never an ordinary science fiction program to begin with. Comparison to other programs in this genre is difficult because Star Trek is certainly not an unconventional science fiction program- it is a science fiction program that displays America during 1960's. In fact, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, during an interview said, "I have no belief that Star Trek depicts the actual future, it depicts us, now, things we need to understand about that". Even David Gerrold, a writer for the series, writes in his book that "[t]he stories are about twentieth century man's attitudes in a future universe. The stories are about us". Naturally each episode does not make a social commentary, but all through the program, characters, themes, and it goes without saying, individual episodes make powerful reflections on sexism, feminism, as well as racism and improving race relations, all crucial social affairs during the late 1960's, and to a certain extent, social affairs of today.
The title page of the TV script contains show title, episode name, and the writer’s name. And TV script format divides into two columns (the 1/3; 2/3 Script). The left column contains all visual elements in the script and the right column contians all audio sounds that will be incorporated in that section. The TV script allows the reader to thnk about what the audience will be both hearing and seeing. Capital letters distinguish the audio portion of the story from the video. The audio column of your script contains all caps; the video column contains normal sentence upper and lowercase. TV script format includes estimated time durations for each section of
The movie Doubt is set in a private Catholic School in 1960s. Sister Aloysius is the principal of the school, and Father Flynn is the clergyman in the church. While the movie deals with some moral dilemmas such as doubt versus certainty, rigidity versus openness and so on, the central theme of the story pivots on accusation on Father Flynn of child molestation. The story has a hanging ending where Father Flynn is proven neither guilty nor proven innocent. Based on the contents of the movie and my own analysis, I believe that certainty plays a bigger role in accusations and I believe that Father Flynn had been falsely blamed and I am also against the rigidity of the society.
way they do things due to the message they are trying to get across or
(Mulvey, Nov. 2, 2017) Our society today is engrossed in the visualization of gore, horror, and violence. In the infamous scene where the murderer is unveiled, an orchestra plays a staccato melody that rises in tempo. “Incorporating music into your own films can not only make your final cut more interesting, but it also allows the audience the ability to connect emotionally to your characters and their situation, and you, the filmmaker, to reinforce your story and/or message.” (Bell, Nov. 2, 2017). Nevertheless, this would explain why a viewer's interest would peak at the moment of each murder. The music being played pre murder builds suspense and creates the feeling that the viewer knows what is going to happen before it even happens. For example, a creepy tune plays every time the mysterious murders carriage drives around the town. The viewer is left to assume that a murder is about to occur, but is left at the edge of their seat wondering if their assumption is a correct inclination of where the plot is going. Music not only builds suspense by allowing the viewer to have freedom of their own foreshadowed outcomes, but it keeps their interest as
“Good Night, and Good Luck” is a 2005 American drama film about how United States (US) was plagued by the threat of communism, creating a tense atmosphere within US in the early 1950s. Fear of communism was inevitable and Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin exploited those fears. CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly challenged McCarthy and aimed to expose him of his agendas. Although their actions brought about many consequences, the two men persevered in their stance and eventually brought down McCarthy successfully.
An Exploration Of Popular Hospital Drama Series With Reference To Two Or More Selected Episodes (Casualty and ER) One of the world's most popular television genres is the Hospital Drama. Incorporating many aspects of real-life, relationships, family, money etc. with the action of a busy hospital. They are easily recognisable due to common conventions across the board although they can vary vastly in some areas from series to series.
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In the silent-era of film insert titles were important in explaining the narrative to the primitive viewer not well-versed in film, especially in films where the audience were not familiar with the story unlike ‘Porters The Night before Christmas‘(Musser, 1990, pp258). Griffith used insert titles which ‘changed around 1905 into summaries of the action’ (Burch, 1990, pp221) As the film had a ‘self-sufficient narrative’ (Burch, 1990, pp221) that ran for over three hours, with poor camera quality to recognise characters. But they were ‘systematically anticipating t...
In the article “Life According to T.V.” published in 2009, in common culture: Reading and writing about American popular culture, Harry Water portrays that the media nowadays are easily to misrepresent the world and damage the society as a whole. First of all, he points out that the television is more influential than other forms of entertainment media in the public which affects social attitudes and creates cultural biases. Secondly, he refers to Gerbner’s study which is based on precise experiments and surveys and explains television changes the public’s view through multiple ways such as sex, age, race, work, health and crime, or other aspects of society. For instance, Water says that TV shows leave us a negative impression about the old people, which are silly, stubborn, sexually inactive and eccentric. Water also claims that crime rages about ten times more often than that in real life. Violence video always has a negative influence in society, especially the young generation. Water still points out that young people easily changes their attitude to choose a job because TV show greatly overestimated the proportion of Americans employed as physicians, lawyers, athletes, and entertainers.
Marked by a plot to attract the highlighted emotions of the audience, melodramatic films are derived from drama films. As we can see, “Melodrama” consists of “drama” and “melos” (music), literally meaning “plays combined with music.” The themes of dramas were exaggerated within melodramas, and the liberal use of music enhances their emotional conspiracies to a large extent.
Originally published in Cinema Journal 40, No. 3, Spring 2001, Jason Mittell’s “A Cultural Approach to Television Genre Theory” conceives of television genre as a cultural category rather than merely a textual component. In the decade since the original publishing of the article, television has evolved out of the multi-channel era and into the post-network era. In this new television landscape, genres are no longer a fixed entity1, and there is great academic potential in the in the study of television genres. The text, Thinking Outside the Box: A Contemporary Television Genre Reader, aims to explore and analyze genre in the current television landscape, and the Mittell article, republished in the book, serves as an entry point to such scholarship.