Desperate housewives opening credits anaylisis

The animated sequence begins with an image of the biblical figures, 'adam' and 'eve', the tree bearing the 'forbidden fruit', is the tree of temptation, representative of the,lust in the 'desperate' lives of these women. The sly persuaisive snake in the background is the symbol of this constant tempt to give in to the enticement. The deep red background connotes love,passion and danger, which are all revolving themes explored within the series. The italic graphology looks as if it is elaborate handwritting rather than a typical computerised font. This creates the effect that it's the women confessing the story of their lives, almost like a diary entry, which is paralell with the concept of the narrator being a past character. The non-diegetic music, creates an upbeat,happy,magestic rythem, which adds a light, humerous feel to the credit sequence. The catenation of famous images that appear with the credits, are all extreemly illustrative, it starts with the 'pop up' image of The great royal wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses the Great. Her name means 'beautiful companion' and is known for her lavesh toomb and lifestyle shows her as acquisitive lifestyle. This leads on to a famous painting of a man throwing a banana and at pregnent women who has to clean it up  with a broom (Material wealth by jan van eyck), which uses bright powerfull colours to present opulence and self glorification. The next image is of a couple stood outside a typical suburban Amercican home 'American gothic' and is a satire of the narrow mindedness of small town life, mocking the idea that nothing would happen do these average women living 'dull lives'. An American 'pun-up' pops up inront of the couple, and attempts to claw at the man, suggestive of the auldery, lies and allurement, and the way the women is then locked away in the sardiene tin shows the dull domestisity of dated life, this is shown through the dull, grey colours that are apparent in most of the starting images which are then replaced by blinding, harsh, exuberant colours that appear in the 'Am I proud' propaganda poster, and the "romantic couple" representing the balance and struggles of the modern day women, and the pop art arguing couple, where the women punches the man, shows the power of this liberated women. The four key characters appear at the end, with high key lighting showing them in a postive and happy depicition, the apples they hold in their hands are represetning the seduction that they have clearly given in to, which is in line with their sly, lusterious expressions and provcative attire.