Analysing Open Title Sequences - American Horror Story.

American Horror Story Opening Title Sequence

American Horror Story: Asylum, Opening Title Sequence

Above are the opening titles to American Horror Story Season One. 

Below are the notes that I made about the opening titles for both season one and also season two, which is called Asylum. 

The notes that I first made when I watched the opening titles were very basic, however they outline the order that things usually go in, I noticed a pattern in both of the opening title sequences that also occurs in the third season that I have watched, however I have not done an analysis on the opening titles for this season which is called ''American Horror Story: Coven'' I will do an analysis of this when I have done a few more on different films and tv shows so that I have a wide range of genres that I have analysed. I will do this so that I can start to notice any patterns correlating in general OTS. I think that after this I will start to move onto the 'Film Noir' genre so that I can watch the opening title sequences and see if the same patterns apply to them too. After watching the first one again I noticed that the lighting is very minimal, however when there is lighting this is very strong and shows parts of objects at a time. This has been done I think to increase mystery and suspense, this is effective as this is bringing an interest into the show and this is going to gain viewers. This is a good technique to use as if the OTS is strong then this is going to gain lots of viewership as this is usually the first thing that is seen, as this is the opening titles. It is important that the OTS represents the show as this is showing what it is going to be like and show the theme. I think that the OTS for all three 'American Horror Story' series represents the show well as this is a dark themed show, with mystery and suspense in their story-lines. The OTS for the first season includes parts of the show in them and links to the show well. I am going to be analysing other opening title sequences in other posts so that I get a better understanding of the general order in opening titles. I am thinking of analysing; The Walking Dead, Seven, Game Of Thrones, Captain America, Dexter and Hannibal.