I have chosen to analyse 'Saint Judy' as immediately the image of the title sequence appears to look interesting to me. The sequence begins with a black screen and music which says 'raise up for the weak'. This already has me as a viewer interested as I know the show will be about people overcoming greater problems.
The first scene shows a prison with inmates in a group walking. This is captivating as it makes me wonder what these people have done to end up in prison and makes me want to continue watching to find out. The next scene shows a protest in the USA involving many people with signs wanting to 'reform' immigration. This tells me that the show will tackle real life modern day issues such as immigration. There is also a scene with people protesting outside the US customs with signs against the Muslim ban. The sequence then cuts to a video showing the US border with Mexico where there are armed guards in watch towers and many people waiting by a fence. This makes me wonder why there would need to be such protection of the US border and what the people waiting are going to do.
There is then an over the shoulder shot of a woman leading a protest who is waving an American flag and it makes the viewer wonder what this protest is about. Finally, the sequence ends with a shot of the Statue of Liberty in New York. This represents that the people of the USA must come together to defeat the racist attitude to many foreigners.
The video is also slightly blurred which creates a mysterious effect and leads the viewer to wonder what will develop in the show.
This is an interesting choice as a biographical drama film about a woman attorney who single-handedly changed the law relating to immigration by making women a protected class and thereby saved the lives of thousands of women world-wide. You do pick up the visual references to immigration, border control and civil protest movements against racism. It is a very rich and dense title sequence with many visual references in addition. You should have mentioned the powerful music 'Raise Up' and how it anchors the visual message of protest against unfair immigration policy.
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