Title sequence analysis the walking dead (STINCS)

Setting- The setting for the walking dead is a post apocalyptic world you can see this as the streets are empty and because of the dark empty building interiors that look deserted and destroyed.

Theme- The mood shows that this is a fast paced, serious, drama/horror fiction you can tell this by the music as it is quite suspenseful and tense and the colours used in the sequences are very dull and dark and their isn't much lighting asides from the natural light of the sun.

Iconography-The iconography of the sequence is the door handle twisting could perhaps connote a wish for escape the next thing we see is the newspaper with the main character we can see that he is wearing a police officers uniform next we see a photograph of another of the main characters also wearing a police uniform possibly suggesting that they will be the authority within the story next we see a smashed photo of a woman possibly meaning that she is important to one or both men. As the sequence continues we see a teddy lying abandoned in the street, perhaps connoting a loss of innocence in the world.

Narrative- The storyline of the walking dead is about a group of people who band together to survive the apocalypse meeting other survivors along the way and trying to rebuild civilisation.

Characters- Three of the principle characters are shown in this sequence using photos from what we can tell the two males are both police officers, no suggestion is given to the woman's profession from the title sequence we assume that they are the three main protagonists.

Style-The music in this sequence is very tense and the editing is fast and jumpy possibly connoting the fact that each character must move from place to place to survive this makes an audience feel tense as they can see that there is a threat that is constantly following the characters.