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What do we learn about New York and the programmes themselves through the openings of ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Sex in the City’?

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What do we learn about New York and the programmes themselves through the openings of 'The Sopranos' and 'Sex in the City'? This essay will focus on a comparison, contrast and review of the opening sequences of 'Sex and the City' and 'The Sopranos'. I will analyse how each scene depicts and represents the city of New York, and how the actual programme itself is portrayed. I will deconstruct and break down each technique used, and how it is symbolic towards the city and series. 'Sex and the City', the first programme I will be analysing, follows the daily routine and lifestyle of Carrie Bradshaw; a mid-30s single American woman. The television show focuses on Carrie, her friends, and their sexual and personal relationships and experiences in New York. It is aimed primarily at the young female adult demographic, and therefore it is always shown after the watershed. It would...

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