So what I realized while I was looking over the different aspects of my analysis I have realized that I have not really analyzed many British thrillers. So here I go...
TAGGART :
In this show which is another crime solving type of show the opening credits are quite different to the rest of the shows because this one doesn’t even show which actors are in the show. There names appear briefly in the opening sequence but the actual actors are not shown. Instead what the audience does see is that there is blurred shots of a town where everything looks a little bleak and there is not much life in the town. Also some of the shots seem to have been filtered through like a glass of water which is the blurriness of the shots. Then another thing that I noticed was that the music used is talking about how this town is so mean which could warn the audience that the show is about a dangerous town one where a lot of crime is committed. Also the creators name appeared at the beginning of the credits not the end which can often be the case. Another interesting feature was that the name of the show was placed where you might have guessed that that was the end of the opening sequence but that was not the case. What the blurred effect of the filming shows the audience is that there is an air of mystery surrounding the town and that could be the crime element of the show.
LEWIS:
This show I am lead to believe is a spin off show from the series called Morse. And in this show it is Morse’s side kick called Lewis who is the main character and someone who is struggling to get over the death of his partner. The opening titles very much like the rest of the series are very subtle. They start with shots of a location and then the image blacks out with bold writing and shows the names of the actors in the series and not the images of the actors or the characters which makes the audience think that the show must be about the allure and the suspense not the plain nature of the show and also the different locations are important to the main plot.
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