Sequences In True Blood, By Charlaine Harris
Great title sequences do more than introduce characters, they are usually structured so that the viewer is given a visual hint to what the series is about and typically sets the theme of the entire show. The title sequence constitutes the beginning of the film/show, which at the same time, signifies what it represents (Stanitzek, 2009). They act as an opening from the real world to the world of the show, they give us a foundation with which a better understanding of the events we’re about to see.
True Blood is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris. The show is a detailed story based around the co-existence of vampires and humans; a show which is filled with countless metaphors. Allen Ball, the shows creator, infuses …show more content…
Kimmel states that the title sequence is set up for us with local colour, which is made clear with the first religious imagery. On screen, we see a Afircan-American women dressed all in white praising her lord, clapping and singing in church. The problem with this imagery is the context that it appears. The scene appears in between a New Lucky Liquor Store sign and boarded up houses with a sign that states ‘No Loitering’. It's the context of these people highlighted to be seen to making joyful noises in between sin and decay (Kimmel, 2010). Adding to this, with the same setting a couple of scenes later, the viewers focus is tuned to another religious scene. Another African-american women, again dressed in all white is throwing herself back and forth and uncontrollably shaking; to her right there is another women trying to stabilise her. Within the scene there is also a preacher, to the viewer it is signifying what looks to be an exorcism, but at the same time it could easily be some sort of religiously fanatic …show more content…
The two men appear to baptising the women, a scene when concluded gives no further information. At a glance it looks to be a statement of religious affirmation. The troubling part of this scene is that the baptism is being held at night and the women appears to be out of her mind, she seems to have no control of herself. After she has immersed, why is it that the women seem to be trying to escape the grip of the men, with no explanation to who these men are. This a scene that we should be able to easily read, but cant
True Blood is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris. The show is a detailed story based around the co-existence of vampires and humans; a show which is filled with countless metaphors. Allen Ball, the shows creator, infuses …show more content…
Kimmel states that the title sequence is set up for us with local colour, which is made clear with the first religious imagery. On screen, we see a Afircan-American women dressed all in white praising her lord, clapping and singing in church. The problem with this imagery is the context that it appears. The scene appears in between a New Lucky Liquor Store sign and boarded up houses with a sign that states ‘No Loitering’. It's the context of these people highlighted to be seen to making joyful noises in between sin and decay (Kimmel, 2010). Adding to this, with the same setting a couple of scenes later, the viewers focus is tuned to another religious scene. Another African-american women, again dressed in all white is throwing herself back and forth and uncontrollably shaking; to her right there is another women trying to stabilise her. Within the scene there is also a preacher, to the viewer it is signifying what looks to be an exorcism, but at the same time it could easily be some sort of religiously fanatic …show more content…
The two men appear to baptising the women, a scene when concluded gives no further information. At a glance it looks to be a statement of religious affirmation. The troubling part of this scene is that the baptism is being held at night and the women appears to be out of her mind, she seems to have no control of herself. After she has immersed, why is it that the women seem to be trying to escape the grip of the men, with no explanation to who these men are. This a scene that we should be able to easily read, but cant