Today we decided to look at the opening of a television thriller Zen (BBC 1). We noticed the ways in which genre was presented:
- Shots of guns to signal the world of crime
- Images of keys to refer to prisons
- The protagonist in a dark, format suit with sunglasses, looking formal and authoritative.
- Building relating to Italian police headquarters 'The Quesura' clearly inscribed in stone.
This detective series featuring Aurelio zen is set Rome and is based on the novels of Michael Dibdin. I noticed. how the opening had many visual clues that signaled the italianicity of the drama, such as:
- The red, white and green vertical bands with connotations of the Italian flag
- Silhouetted images of St Peter's Dome as well as bird's eye shots of St Peter's Square which are ironic emblems of Rome, renowned the world over
- Repeated images of Fiat cinquecento cars
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