Concept Analysis.

Episode 2, opening!
The clip was not on youtube, so i just used my own copy, therefore i couldn't post it up! sorry!

Media Language: The opening of episode two begins with a shot of Peter Petrelli standing at the edge of a high rise building. The first shot shown is a high angle show, allowing the audience to look down on the character, and for an instance let them feel superior to him. However, the shot then switches from high angle to low angle, and then shows a point of view shot, letting the audience identify with the character. This may have been done, to ensure that the audience feel sympathy for the character, and indicating that he is one of the "good" characters. The dip to black then allows the scene to go to the present, which is when the audience realises that there was a flashback, therefore now following Todorovs narrative structure.

There is also non diegetic sound playing, which is repetitive through out the season of Heroes, it points out the character being a Hero. This is also shown later on in the episode, when Claire is on the scene, it is also the theme tune of Heroes, therefore it is recognised within the episode.

The scene of claire is shown next, which may suggest that the two characters Peter and Claire are somewhat linked to each other, Claire is seen wearing a typical outfit of a cheerleaders skirt and fitted top. Although appearance fits to the stereotypical view of girls, the audience then sees that she challenges stereotypes as she goes to save a man from a blazing fire, showing her heroic side. This identifies that Heroes is not totally patriarchal as it also represents women in the same manner as men. The scenem of Claire may also indicate the kind of audience Heroes could appeal to, as she is seen as a typical teenager, many young teenage boys could be interested.

The genre if established immediately, as we see Peter and Nathan flying in the first scene, and soon after the audience sees Claire is "indestructable" All the characters seem to have superpowers, which is likely to appeal to a young audience of 16 years old. Heroes also follows some of the conventions of superheroes, as Nathan wants to hide is true identity of being able to fly, which is very typical within supheroes. However, it does not conform to all conventions as the characters do not wear capes or masks, the mise en scene is very natural, where high key lighting is used to ensure the authenticity.

In each of the episodes, the narrator ( who is also one of the main characters in Heroes) introduces and concludes the program. The narrator speaks in an indian accent (being indian in the program) which shows representation of ethnic groups, however shown in a very typical way as he has an accent, which evidently not all indians do. The voice often introduces characters, and helps build the story line.