What do the opening credits of HBO(TM)s Sex and the City and the Sopranos suggest about New York City? Comment on the use of, and analyse the effects of, colour, music, camera angles, image, design and mise-en-scene.

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Hanan Ali D10        Sex and the City

What do the opening credits of HBO’s Sex and the City and the Sopranos suggest about New York City? Comment on the use of, and analyse the effects of, colour, music, camera angles, image, design and mise-en-scene.

Sex and the City is a romantic comedy series set in New York City about the lives of four professional young women who are in search of the perfect relationship. The opening credits of HBO’s production shows a lot about New York City. This will appeal to mainly women who are single or even, in a relationship. In this essay, I will analyse and comment on the effects and uses of colour, music, camera angles, image, design and mise-en-scene.

The music at the beginning of the opening is jolly and playful by using piano and saxophone. It stays like that throughout the credits. It kind of makes your head move to the music.

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The first two shots are of the logo HBO, which generally tells us the producers of the programme.

Moving straight on to the next shot, which is a long shot view, it shows main character Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) at the bottom right hand corner of the frame with half of her face cut off. The effect of this is that it draws our eyes straight towards her and the idea was to get the audience to focus on her. Behind her is the hustle and bustle of the city, the huge crowd struggling desperately to get across ...

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