The opening to Six Feet Under is constantly reflecting death. Firstly the two hands breaking apart connotes two people having to leave each other when death takes one of them. Then there is a woman on a stretcher. In the background there is a black silhouette that slowly fades in to white. This illustrates a partner letting go of their loved one. The image then changes to a medium shot of the hall way going towards a bright white light. This shows the movement that is stereotyped with death which is that you move towards a bright light. Possibly the biggest connotation to death in this opening is the image of the Raven as they are always linked to death.
The music in the opening to contrapuntal. This is because the music is very up-beat and happy whereas the opening as a whole is very negative. The music starts off monophonic and then turns very polyphonic. This relates to the speed of the opening as it starts off very slow and then becomes faster.
The lighting in the opening is a mixture of light and dark. For example the bright white while the person is being pushed on the table and when the person is washing their hands. The lighting used in the opening could have been used to connote death again or to create a contrast between life and death.
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