Opening Sequences of Home & Away and Eastenders
I am going to analyze the opening sequences of two soaps. Home & Away
and Eastenders.
Eastenders is set in London and the opening sequence reflects this.
The opening scene shows an aerial photo of modern London. The camera
gradually zooms out whilst moving slowly clockwise. In the aerial
photo we can see famous landmarks like the Thames River and the
Millennium Dome. The Dome is fairly modern. This is done to make sure
the viewer knows where the soap is set and that it is modern.
The music during this is designed to act as a trigger to grab the
viewer's attentions. So if a viewer has the TV on and is in another
part of the house, in the kitchen making some tea for example, they
can hear the familiar theme tune and come in to watch. With
Eastenders, they also have a loud, heavy drumbeat because the music
kicks in. This makes the tune very unique and hard to get confused
with other programs themes.
For newer viewers this heavy drumbeat sounds like a heavy heartbeat in
some ways, which gives them impression that this program will be very
dramatic, and maybe worth watching if they are a fan of dramatic
programs. The drum beat sounds like tis building up to something and
reflects the dramatic storylines
The main tune is played on piano and reminds me of sing songs in pubs
sitting round the piano
The colours are very dingy, mostly greys and dark blues. The writing
'Eastenders BBC' is very simple and plain white.
The first scene is a conversation between a middle aged male and a
younger female in street. They mention each others names, which
wouldnt normally happen in real life but Eastenders have done this to
help the newer viewers establish the characters. They also mention the
name of the pub. This is good because newer audiences have allready
established the main meeting place which will hopefully help then to
understand the soap more.
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