Sleepy Hollow title sequence

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow is an American supernatural drama thriller TV series that premiered on Fox on September 16 in 2013.

This whole title sequence really has the supernatural feel coming through because of the characters that are shown but also the lighting and old fashioned look also shows the supernatural theme.

We arent introduced to any characters in the first part however we are shown a horse with a red eye. The use of red is a connotation of danger,blood but lust. We see that this horse is a supernatural animal and possibly could be controlled. However we see that this horse is white, this contrast of the red and white is very interesting. Using white shows us that the horse is pure and innocent. However using both of these colours could show us that the horse is manipulated, controlled or that the horse is manipulating others and hiding the truth. 

We then come to what looks like two lovers coming together. However we only see them in the darkness and never get a close up of their faces which could mean they are possibly already dead. As the connotation of black is death and emptiness. From the scene being in darkness could mean they are hiding from others because their love could be forbidden. As the audience we feel tense because we don't understand whats happening.

Thirdly we come to a book that seems to blur out most of the writing. The only words we can see are "earth", "followed" and "name". These words could be showing us that they are important and they could be foreshadowing whats going to occur later on. However these words are hiding "kill". Crime such as murder is a key convention to thrillers.

She is the only one apart from the man, that we actually see. These characters are shown to us twice each which means they both are important and equal characters. We see her holding a gun which shows us she is breaking the stereotypical type of a female. She is challenging and showing us she is in power. We also see that these two characters possible are the protagonist characters because they seem to be protecting and searching for the supernatural.

 During the end scene we see a town which possibly is the town that everything is happening within and could be could Sleepy Hollow. However we see clouds rushing to cover up the town which could mean that they are in danger and someone or something isn't wanting to keep the town away from everyone else by covering the town up.