Art Of The Title

The Affair:

This TV Drama, created in 2014 has been a global phenomenon ever since the beginning episode. It's riveting plot lines and engaging themes have encapsulated it's audience ever since, leading the producers, editors and creators to then further fabricate 2 more seasons on top of the first.  

The very first title is of the productions company behind the production of 'The Affair'. This is the only company based title seen within the opening, as it jumps straight to the character opening, as seen on the left.

               

The first three titles are extremely dark, and are set vaguely under water, within the deep sea, as occasionally there are waves of water that show various ripples and repercussions. By opening the drama this way, it sets out to the audience the gloomy and mysterious atmosphere trying to be conveyed to it's viewers.

The credits suddenly jump to a clearer view of the sea, again keeping to the same underwater theme however, as there are still various points where waves cover the camera lense*. The audience is then taken on an experience of various settings and shots, each displaying a new theme and idea.

The first is a series of book pages turning, which then somehow leads onto a darker blue scene, in which an eye is shown in the background. By referring back to the darker tones as seen at the very forefront of the opening credits, audiences are then thrown back into the menacing twists of the opening, and reverted back to the thought of the media being a melancholy one, not up-lifting.

Along this same wavelength, a continuation of body parts is then seen in the following three credits. A hand is next seen flexing against supposedly another aspect of skin, quickly changing to a short dark scene of two bare bodies laying side by side.

Therefore this enhances the creators use of scene changes and colour correction, to promote to the audience clearly (but subtly) the themes expressed in the material following.

The audience then switches back to the sea and beach clips, to revert again back to the original theme which was being expressed at the very start of the sequence.

Viewers suddenly then get taken aback to potential characters, or memories, which makes a more personal connection between the viewers and the sequel itself, giving a more defined insight into the characters explored subtly in the Drama.

The title appears at the end of the opening sequence, on a completely blacked out screen, to emphasises the title, which is a contrasting white font. The effect would not be deemed the same if the classic beach clips were used, as the white would be drowned out by the light colour saturations.