What techniques does the opening sequence use to appeal to a weekday mainstream audience?
The characters within this opening sequence portray a certain typical stereotype of a normal family of four. The father within the opening sequence is portrayed as the typical dominant man who is rich and the superior one in the family who is in control. We are inspired this character due his dominance of the family and wealth as we would want his life style of going out and dressing nicely to go to what seems to be a family outing. The family is conveyed to be very excited due to the song as everyone sings along therefore making them a united family who are singing together. The women shares typical women stereotypes and the shot of her doing her nails only promote her being a typical women, her shots are mainly with her husband where she is sitting down to portray that she is inferior to him and that she portrays a normal wife who listens to their husband view. However by her living this glamorous life we as an audience aspire to live her life as it seems to be carm and it seems that her husband does most of the work. The daughter however shows typical childish views of being on the phone, this attracts a more younger audience as would want to see this character even more as more character like this young girl would want to reflect life with hers and she how she is treated and her life styles. Moreover the son is portrayed as a rebellious character; we can foreshadow him being like this due to his clothes and him being outside smoking therefore we come under a impression that this character will show a typical stereotype of boys being boys. By having a rebellious character we can see that he is the bump with the family and he also shows family aspect as he does go into the car with the family therefore we want to see what his life would be like and how this characters behaviours are.
How does the extract follow the codes and conventions of an opening sequence?
The codes and conventions that this trailer follows are parallel to other trailer as we can see basic conventions being shown. Such as the institution, this is shown to show who has made the show and due to the BBC being such a big well known they can take the success and develop the audiences attention to the fact that the BBC have made the show therefore it can get more viewers. Moreover due to the BBC being a government funded company we can expect that the show will be quite a hit and for it to be successful. Moreover as it is government funded we can foreshadow that the show of Blackpool will be interesting as the government will only show dominant ideology and positive features of the show. Furthermore the credits of the directors are shown to show recognition and see whether the audience know the directors or producers to see if they know there success and for it to shine upon this show to give the audience to foreshadow that this show will be successful. Also due to the recognition of the characters many people would want to watch the show because of the characters. As many people would want to know their roles upon the show and how they show relevance towards their characters. The theme song of the show is a huge hit due to phenomenal recognition of it. The song can draw in readers from an older age due to the iconic singer (Elvis Presley) as this song was in a much older time. And the success of the song can reflect upon the show as many people would start to think that this show seems to be good which would want to see it even more.
What does the text tell us about the media institution?
The text portrays a positive view of Blackpool, as the assumptions of Blackpool have been quite negative the BBC being government funded and owned will only want to portray a positive view and for them to show dominant ideology. The institution behind this have set Blackpool to be the las Vegas of England and that the night life, casinos and the clubbing are at a high standard and it is almost conveyed as a extravagant life.
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