Hollyoaks Theme Tune and Opening Sequence

Hollyoaks and Eastenders theme tunes are totally different. Hollyoaks used to start an episode showing the audience what happened in the previous episode however now that has changed. The opening sequence is approximately 1 minute 10 because all of the characters are shown with something that represents them and every time there is a new character the title sequence changes. The colours, characters and music that they have used contrasts strongly to the opening sequence of Eastenders. The music that is used as Hollyoaks theme tune is faster than Eastenders and it also doesn't have repetition. What is similiar between the two opening sequences is the end when they show the name of the soap. You can link Hollyoaks to Barthes theory of enigma codes because the first scene is introduced with music that flows from the theme tune and it relies more on visual clues that narrative clues which is what Eastenders does.