Analysis of Sarah Jane

Adventures Title Sequence

Representation

• The plot for this children’s TV Drama is a spin off of the popular

family TV drama Doctor Who. Where Sarah Jane is an accomplice

for Doctor Who.

• The TV drama represents a fictional sci-fi world that exists around

the real world where they fight the evil alien forces that are at work

in Britain. It is a fantasy world that is more suitable for younger

children than Doctor Who. This can be seen in the jumbled up letters

and numbers in the title sequence which suggests a puzzling world.

Realism

• Sarah Jane Adventures is a Sci-fi drama so the plot is completely

fictional.

• However, the use of real actors set in a realistic average setting of a

London neighborhood that the audience can relate to makes it more

real.

• The title sequence is mainly done with graphics which takes away

any realism. However, it does give the audience a sense of what the

series is about.

Features of the Title Sequence

• The title sequence has many special effects due to the nature and

genre of the TV drama.

• The theme song is well known as it is similar to the Doctor Who

tune.

• The use of dark colours – black, blue and dark purple (similar effect

to the blues and reds in Doctor who) suggest a mysterious dark

world.

• The effect of the numbers and letters suggest a muddled mixed up

world.

• The use of child like handwriting for the title suggests what the target

audience is and help the audience relate to it.