If they do stayed tune in and carry on watching the episode, then they will be approached by another first for, but this time, covering all British soaps not just a few. I'm talking about the fact that they don’t just have scenery in the title sequence. Each of the other main soaps, Eastenders, Coronation Street and when it was on Brookside, they all use scenery, to introduce the surroundings instead of the characters. Yes, it does have scenery but this is pushed to the side and in the centre is the difference to all other British soaps. They have a real cast of the characters. This is different from that of the American and Australian soaps, where they have a real casts its normally a snap shot and the name, or a group of them and their respective names, like in the case of Neighbours. No, instead they have a centre real of micro-clips. In a circular motion, there are two clips at a time, scrolling from the bottom of the screen to the top and out of the picture. I really like this idea; it introduces you to the characters, without letting you know their details. Also as I mentioned they are slips not freeze frames, thin means that you don’t have to use your imagination to find out what their like, or watch the episode to know their personalities, that’s all covered in these short clips. Each/most character has their own couple of clips and this introduces the way they are and their personalities. I see it as a small window into their minds, it enables you to know what their like, and so you can relate to them or may know someone like them, this is an excellent way to inject realism into the sequence.
The music like all of the soaps I have researched has a similar feel to it. It starts of with a very high intensity/dramatic, almost over the top opening chord which really grabs the viewers attention. It is used for just that, to get their attention, it’s almost echoes through the room, alerting anyone who isn’t in the room that they are missing the beginning. After this dramatic start, this only lasts a few seconds but is enough to bring the focus of the people to the TV, a very repetitive chord kicks in, it gets played several times, and is just a guitar playing this one chord over and over. It doesn’t have any lyrics and I personally don’t believes it compliments the clips well, I feel that they need a much more bouncier, happy and a piece that is much more representative of the type of programme that the show actually is. The main chord as repetitive as it is, is actually quite relaxing, it contradicts the programme, and doesn’t follow mainstream title sequences, which are normally high intensity and dramatic all the way through. At the end of the title sequence a different chord, which is very relaxing and quiet gets played, this is to set up for a quiet bit in the programme, never does a episode start with a dramatic part, its always a slightly peculiar beginning, with something like a shot of the main location, or someone sitting, something very ordinary and mundane. This is again to inject realism into the show and acts as a “quiet before the storm” scenario. There is normally quiet from the characters with some background music/noise and then the drama starts.