Analysis on the TV thriller opening ‘Six Feet Under’ Pathway
The opening for Six Feet Under begins with the flight with a Raven then an establishing, very wide shot of a tree. Ravens have natural associations with death as they usually circle around dead bodies. The opening also ends with the Raven and the tree. This could be a portrayal of ‘the circle of life’.
Camera angles & camera movement
- Establish/very wide shot of a single tree.
- low shot, close up’s, extreme close up’s of a Raven.
- Close up of the Raven and washing of the hands (giving the macabre).
- Usually slow camera movements or still shots.
- Time-lapse of a bunch of flowers dying filmed over time then sped up could be a representation that nothing lasts forever and that everything dies eventually.
- Also the music is constant throughout until it’s changed when the tame-lapse of the flowers appear to a slower piece of what sounds like a piano. After this, the music goes back to the way it was. This could be a representation of the fact that even after you die, life still goes on for everyone else.
- Death, which is normally associated with dark colors such as black is contrasted with bright and natural lights.
- The music playing is contrapuntal to the theme of the opening. The opening is about the death of someone, but the music doesn't seem sad or depressing.
- A shadow/silhouette fades into the light, as does the corps which could be a representation of the classic saying ‘going into the light’, another representation of death.
- Shows the stages of what happens after someone dies.
- Establish/very wide shot of a single tree.
- low shot, close up’s, extreme close up’s of a Raven.
- Close up of the Raven and washing of the hands (giving the macabre).
- Usually slow camera movements or still shots.
- Time-lapse of a bunch of flowers dying filmed over time then sped up could be a representation that nothing lasts forever and that everything dies eventually.
- Also the music is constant throughout until it’s changed when the tame-lapse of the flowers appear to a slower piece of what sounds like a piano. After this, the music goes back to the way it was. This could be a representation of the fact that even after you die, life still goes on for everyone else.
- Death, which is normally associated with dark colors such as black is contrasted with bright and natural lights.
- The music playing is contrapuntal to the theme of the opening. The opening is about the death of someone, but the music doesn't seem sad or depressing.
- A shadow/silhouette fades into the light, as does the corps which could be a representation of the classic saying ‘going into the light’, another representation of death.
- Shows the stages of what happens after someone dies.
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