Analysis of the Opening Sequence to: Heroes, “don’t look back”

Episode 2: Don't Look Back starts with a shot of the Heroes' logo (the globe in a shot of a solar eclipse), many shows do not have there own logo; they might have an opening title but not a logo. The opening sequence gives an insight into what might happen. The world covered in an eclipse is an obvious hint that the programme is going to have dark times ahead. A narrator’s voiceover saying the words previously on Heroes followed by a shot’s of 5 different people, introduces them and tells the audience what previously happened on Heroes. An enigma is created through the narrator introducing the characters but not really naming or stating there powers, that creates mystery and as it is still only the second episode this adds to the effect of increasing the tension and results in making the audience much more eager to know the rest of the story. The voice doing the voice over is then found out to be one of the characters in the show - in this episode, it is Mohinder and he is a scientist with no powers.The scene where peter is on the roof about to fall off uses a wide range of camera angles and views , when he jumps off the roof the camera uses a panning motion to follow him, the camera then merges with peter and you see what he sees when he is flying. This image then quickly cuts into an image of Peter laying in a hospital bed this, along with the stop in voice over, emphasises the idea that Peter's destiny is out of his control. This scene, mainly coloured blue and white this creates an effect of flash backs However