True Blood opening analysis

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True Blood Opening Analysis

  1. Think about the format of the images 

  • The images are in a montage and are shown quite fast, as it cuts from one to another, therefore only giving the audience small snippets of what the show is about - this will hook the audience 
  • The shot types are mainly long shots, firstly showing the setting. The rest following afterwards are either group shots or medium shots and medium close-ups. 
  • They use dull, grainy, vignette filters 
  • Lots of moving long shots, to show the different locations 
  • The images look as though they are old or a home video due to the effects and the filters used. 
  • It looks classical 
  • Mostly white and low saturation colours 
  • The images are overlapping and seem as though they’re taken from snippets over a period of time, due to the black and white images and the contrast between the coloured-images
  • The text and fonts look homely 
  • It’s mysterious 
  • It looks rural 

 

 

  • How are they constructed
  • What shot types are used
  • What filters, effects are used
  • Any adjectives you would use to describe the quality of the images.
  • Are there any shapes used?
  • Are there any key colours used?

 

  1. Now start thinking about the imagery
  • Start taking screen shots from images that stand out for you and then try to gather them in sections
  • Now start to think about what themes or connotation are associated with these groups of images
  • And start to think what are the links or differences between the groups

 

  • Majority of the images shown have connotations of death, blood, swamp/rural areas, religion (Christianity), police brutality, sexual interactions, children, hunting, dark/dim-lit places (warehouse)
  • Southern American 
  • Crocodiles, underwater animals, possum, fox, snake, bear
  • Cult — link to kkk 
  • Baptism 
  • Vampire imagery — immortal being and blood red 
  • Bar/gathering of people
  • Church cross turned upside down
  • The images shown all link together to show the different parts of the show — supernatural (vampires) represent predators and are against god (god hates fangs). Represents fear (sexual fear) 

 

 

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