Today Ianalysed the
opening of a television thriller Zen
(BBC1). I noticed how genre was signalled throughout the
opening:
·
Images of guns to
show the world of crime
·
Images of keys to
refer to prisons
·
The protagonist in a
dark, formal suit with sunglasses, looking formal and authoritative
·
Buildings which
relate to the Italian police headquarters ‘The Questura’ clearly inscribed in
the stone on the wall
The detective series
featuring Aurelio Zen is set in Rome and is based on the novels of Michael
Dibdin. I noticed that the opening had a
lot of visual clues to signal the Italianicity
of the drama such as
·
The red, white and
green vertical bands in the background with connotations of the Italian flag
·
Silhouetted images of
St Peter’s Dome as well as a bird’s eye shot of St Peter’s Square which are iconic emblems of Rome, renowned the
world over
·
Repeated images of
Fiat Cinquecento cars.
Done in class together.
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