OPENING TITLES OF DOWNTON ABBEY
These titles have never changed as hey do not need modifying in anyway as the are set in the past so is called a period drama. The opening starts with a over the shoulder view of the dog being walked by his owner in a very nice countryside setting with bright blue skies and fresh green grass with a extremely large house in the background. The image has had the contrast brightened to emphasis the angelic setting. Then there is a jump cut shot into doors with dark green posh curtains opening to a bright white light which entices the audience to see what is behind the opening doors. Could be anything in their eyes at that moment in time. It then has a fading shot to shows a bell ring for the servants to one of the rooms in a large posh house, which was common in the 1916-1919 era. Then it shows a shot focused on the mail neatly stored and a fuzzy background where you can make out that a maid walking up the stairs to follow the bell that was rang. The shot is also panning to the right whilst this action is taking place. Then it zooms in very quickly to a copper old fashioned pan boiling then there is a quick jump cut onto a servant/waiter correcting the three sets of cutlery so that they are perfectly lined up. At this point you can tell how posh the house it is set in is and can figure out that the house you saw at the beginning it in fact the house the drama is set in. It then shows little things that happen in the house that the maids do for example turn on lamps and cleaning the dust,also everything that is occuring is done with a very elegant manor about it and slowly done to perfection. Finally the finishing picture is of the house and its reflection which represents the house very well as it shows the house itself but also what happens downstairs, the maids and servants side to the house that is not know to the upstairs. So shows that the house has two sides to it through the image being reflected and the page split into two to show the two completely different sides of that era and how people lived so differently and the importance of social class in that society. Also within every shot the the camera either pans left or right or tilts up or down. There is the same music throughout the clip with is non diegetic sound, which is soft, calming music which is made from an orchestra, in the genre of classical music. Also in every shot there is a name that comes across the screen and follows the direction that the shot is moving. The font is an old font which looks like roman numerals, so shows it is of the older style to fit in with the period drama, also the title is also shown in the same font just slightly larger in size.