Title sequences

Pretty little liars-

• extreme close up of girl applying mascara and lipstick, doing up her shoes and painting her nails, this suggests the ‘girly’ nature of the program and characters and presents contrasts to which the show is about.
• Girl lying in coffin, this suggests the mysterious nature of the show and creates suspense.
• The 4 girls standing behind the coffin represents the idea of friendship and creates realism for the teenage audience, however it also creates an enigma.
• The theme music creates lots of suspense, as well as it being catchy making it easily recognizable to the audience.
• The black outfits that the liars are wearing is suggesting death, as well as the coffin in the sequence this is suggesting to the audience that it is full of drama and suspense.

Happy Valley-

• Police costume, represents the theme of the show and creates a sense of security and trust.
• Everyday props in the sequence for example a kids bike and a cat this creates realism for the audience as they can relate to seeing these.
• Location =the houses, the bridge and the countryside creates a realistic setting in which the audience can relate to.
• The theme music (the lyrics ‘in this troubled town’) suggests the idea that there is crime in the town as well as the police officer present throughout the title sequence.
• The use of montage to create the title sequence shows time changing, this is also evident from the clouds which move as the sequence progresses.