Opening Credit analysis

 Opening Credit analysis

Welcome back to Jacquelle's Journal and today I will be analyzing the opening credits of a few different television shows. The Opening Credit sequence is used to inform the audience which studios or production companies were involved in making the film

Friends: 

The first scene has a sofa in the middle of the frame and a fountain in the background. Then, using jump cuts, each character emerges one by one onto the sofa. They are then shown laughing and playing within and outside of the water fountain. The opening sequence closes with all six important characters sitting on the couch before Monica turns out the light, leaving the room completely dark. The opening segment provides a sense of wholesomeness and geniality by showing the friends enjoying one other's company while fooling about. 

Full house:

The opening credits begin with the director using a high viewpoint to display the Golden Gate Bridge, as the show takes place in San Francisco. Then each of the characters are individually introduced stating the actors real name. After then, a montage of the characters playing with each other at a park is shown. The audience then observes the main characters preparing up for dinner in their house, which serves as the principal location, in the final few seconds of the opening scene. The opening scene creates a sense of wholesomeness and contentment as it shows the family having out and gives the audience a glimpse of the family dynamics.

Wandavision: 

Wanda and Vision begin the opening scene by moving to a new town to live a regular human existence. Then we encounter Vision, a robot attempting to do regular human tasks such as taking a shower and getting ready for work. We next witness Wanda and Vision struggling to adjust to being normal "humans," as Wanda is unintentionally seen utilizing her superpowers and Vision is forced to toss away his water since he is unable to consume it due him being a robot. As viewers witness Wanda and Vision attempting to blend in, this produces a sense of hopefulness and optimism.

Hey Arnold: 

The opening titles show youngsters jumping rope in the street, followed by the main character Arnold leaving his house to walk his dogs. A shadow of Arnold's neighbor Helga using a flashlight is then seen, foreshadowing her fixation and tremendous infatuation on him as she is hiding. Arnold is later shown walking down a dark alleyway with a flashlight, where he encounters his closest buddy. The entire neighborhood is then shown forming two separate straight horizontal lines, one with Helgas' friends and one with Arnold's friends. As Arnold and his friends are shown standing in formation against Helga and her pals, it evokes a sense of friendship. This opening sequence also has a romantic feel to it, as Helga is continually bullying Arnold because she clearly loves him.
The Simpsons: 

The opening titles show Bart having to write the same message on the board numerous times to repent for his acts. He is then seen doing precisely what he was ordered not to do, which is skateboarding in the hallway. His father Homer is then seen carelessly putting a toxic chemical into his hazmat suit while his wife leaves their toddler unattended and she is rung up at a grocery store. Lisa, his other younger sister, is subsequently shown becoming distracted while playing the saxophone and walks out of class. The family is then shown hurrying home, and the opening sequence concludes with the entire family reclining on a sofa before it collapses. This creates a perception of anarchy and mayhem since the entire family appears to have no structure and does whatever they want. The sofa crashing aptly depicts the family's chaos and instability.

Mise en Scene

Mise en Scene

One of us is lying in the television show that I will be evaluating. One of Us Is Lying is a television drama based on a novel that inspired the concept for my film. Five high school students are given detention in the series, and one of them dies because there was peanut oil in his cup and his EpiPen went missing, sparking an investigation. I picked this television episode to analyze because I want my film to have a similar menacing tone.

 Setting: The setting is crucial in enhancing the reality of the presentation. The story is set at a school as well as the homes of the students accused of the crime. Because the major target audience is teens, the location contributes to the show's authenticity by nearly making the viewer feel like they are in the act. In the television program, the kids are continually going around the school hunting for clues as to why they are being framed. The library, where the incident occurred, was a frequent gathering spot for the teenagers since it was where all of their issues originated.

    Lighting: The lighting helps to the somber tone by creating an unsettling atmosphere. The lighting was bright at the start of the television show, but when the kids are accused of murdering a student, the lighting begins to dim. The director decided to lower the lights whenever a group of pupils accused of murdering the classmates gathered. This contributes to the somber tone by informing the audience that something bad is going to happen. The lighting also suggested when something was going to happen in the television show, for example, the lights faded when the youngsters discovered the once-missing EpiPen, propelling them to the top of the suspect's list.

    Costume: The clothing contributes to the somber tone since the actors in the television show wear bright-colored clothing in the opening scene, but once they are accused of murder, the characters begin to wear dark-hued attire. The change in clothing color tone helps reflect the students' initial somber tone, as they are now suspected of murdering another student. In comparison to the second episode, the students in the first episode are dressed more colorfully. However, once the murder case is solved, the pupils start wearing brighter-colored outfits again. The color of the characters' attire also reflects their present feelings, as they wear brighter colored clothes when they are enthusiastic and darker colored clothes when they are fearful.

    Staging: The staging of this performance aids in the creation of the gloomy tone since the director selects certain items to aid in the creation of the dark tone. The scene designers, for example, employ a variety of items, such as a bloodied knife, to emphasize the murder that had occurred. The staging also helps to the show's authenticity because it takes place in a school, which is identical to one in real life.