![]() ![]() The title sequence perfectly illustrates the basic point of the show – to humanise and empathise with a group of people often dismissed or marginalised by society at large, and to remind us that we are all, whatever has happened in our past, human. However, the women we see in the credits are not the actors playing characters in the show – they are 52 real women convicted of crimes in the United States, including (in one of the few moving images) Piper Kerman, the real-life inspiration for Piper Chapman and author of the non-fiction original book. The opening credits reflect this by displaying a series of photos of women’s eyes or mouths, interspersed with images of the prison and the occasional bit of video. Fringe changed more over five seasons than most shows might in ten, but the sense of continuity within that change provided by the title sequence helped to remind viewers of the show’s history throughout its run.Īlthough Orange Is The New Black was initially sold to the network as a story about Piper Chapman’s time in prison, in fact the show is a huge ensemble piece (with a cast that seems to be getting bigger all the time) about a wide variety of women in the fictional Litchfield prison, coming from a plethora of different backgrounds and of all ages. This sequence throws us into a chilling new world in which “fringe science” now consists of concepts like “individuality,” “imagination” and “free will” and human beings are penned in to a barbed-wire surrounded prison camp. But it was in Season 3 that the series started to use small alterations to the credit sequence to tell us which universe we were in, culminating in the brilliant title sequence first seen in Season 4’s “Letters of Transit’ and used throughout Season 5. Season 2 first introduced a new credit sequence in the brilliant 1980s-styled opening to “Peter,” as well as subtly altering the floating words telling us which branches of “fringe science” we should expect to see. However, much like the show, the opening credits evolved over the course of the series to reflect changes in plot, setting and tone. ![]() Fringe’s opening credits, much like the show itself, started out as an effective but not overly original X-Files homage. ![]()
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