Comparing Blue Velvet And Twin Peaks
Assignment #3 Kelvin Sylvester-Omorodion
The parallels between David Lynch’s “ Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” are undeniable with crime and mystery being the main genres factored in both the film and the pilot. In the Both productions, Lynch incorporates the symbolism of a bird shot in close up at the beginning of Twin Peaks and at the end of Blue Velvet.
Lynch starts both Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks with lighthearted music as the opening credits appear over b-roll of the establishing area, only to steer left and introduce some type of death or tragedy, which sets the story up for the protagonist’s involvement and so on. The protagonists in both productions are young heroic male adults, with an accompanied loving, innocent, blond lady friend.
The parallels between David Lynch’s “ Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” are undeniable with crime and mystery being the main genres factored in both the film and the pilot. In the Both productions, Lynch incorporates the symbolism of a bird shot in close up at the beginning of Twin Peaks and at the end of Blue Velvet.
Lynch starts both Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks with lighthearted music as the opening credits appear over b-roll of the establishing area, only to steer left and introduce some type of death or tragedy, which sets the story up for the protagonist’s involvement and so on. The protagonists in both productions are young heroic male adults, with an accompanied loving, innocent, blond lady friend.