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Game_Of_Thrones

Game Of Thrones

The title sequence for Game of Thrones.

The Game of Thrones title sequence introduces every episode and changes depending on the locations visited in that particular episode.

Description

Doom of Valyria Title Sequence

Relief detail showing the Doom of Valyria.

Robert's Rebellion Title Sequence

Relief detail showing Robert's Rebellion.

Baratheon Victory Title Sequence

Relief detail depicting Robert Baratheon's victory.

File:Game of Thrones title card.jpg

The Game of Thrones title card.

The title sequence consists of a three-dimensional map of the world, with the continents of Westeros and Essos located on the inner surface of a sphere. At the center of the sphere is a light source, effectively a sun surrounded by an astrolabe-like arrangement of rotating rings. The details of the title sequence change each week depending on the locations visited. The following description is how the sequence appears in the first episode of the series, "Winter is Coming".

The sequence opens with a close-up of the sun and the astrolabe surrounding it. Relief details are visible on the astrolabe, showing a volcano destroying a city while a dragon watches on and several people escaping in a boat, a reference to the Doom of Valyria. The camera then pans to a wide-shot of Westeros and Essos before zooming in on the city of King's Landing, in particular the sigil of House Baratheon on what appears to be a large gear in the middle of the city. The gear begins turning, moving other cogs, and then three-dimensional buildings start rising out of the ground, such as the Red Keep and the Great Sept of Baelor.

Once the city is assembled, the camera moves north across Westeros to Winterfell, which similarly rises out of the ground while a gear bearing the sigil of House Stark rotates. The camera pays particular attention to the godswood of Winterfell and its heart tree as it rises out of the ground before panning up to the sun and astrolabe. There is then another close-up of the detail on the astrolabe, this time showing the Stark direwolf, Lannister lion and Baratheon stag engaging the Targaryen dragon in combat, a reference to Robert's Rebellion.

The camera returns to Winterfell and then pans north to the Wall, where more gears start turning and Castle Black emerges from the ground, while the pulley lift emerges from the face of the Wall. The camera pulls all the way back to King's Landing before moving across the Narrow Sea to the Free City of Pentos, which similarly emerges from the ground while gears rotate.

The title sequence ends with a return to the relief detail of the astrolabe, now showing the animals representing the various noble houses of Westeros bowing to the triumphant Baratheon stag. The Game of Thrones logo then appears over the astrolabe, with the heads of a dragon, wolf, lion, and stag emerging from the side of the logo.

Variations

First Season

Location 1.01
Winter is Coming		 1.02
The Kingsroad		 1.03
Lord Snow		 1.04
Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things		 1.05
The Wolf and the Lion		 1.06
A Golden Crown 		1.07
You Win or You Die 		1.08
The Pointy End 		1.09
Baelor 		1.10
Fire and Blood 		Total
King's Landing NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
The Eyrie NoN NoN NoN NoN 4
The Twins NoN 1
Winterfell NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
The Wall NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Pentos NoN 1
Vaes Dothrak NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 9

Second Season

Location 2.01
The North Remembers		 2.02
The Night Lands		 2.03
What is Dead May Never Die		 2.04
Garden of Bones		 2.05
The Ghost of Harrenhal		 2.06
The Old Gods and the New		 2.07
A Man Without Honor		 2.08
The Prince of Winterfell		 2.09
Blackwater		 2.10
Valar Morghulis		 Total
King's Landing NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Winterfell NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Dragonstone NoN NoN NoN 3
Harrenhal NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 7
Pyke NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 9
The Wall NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Vaes Dothrak NoN NoN NoN 3
Qarth NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 7

Third Season

Location 3.01
Valar Dohaeris 		3.02
Dark Wings, Dark Words 		3.03
Walk of Punishment 		3.04
And Now His Watch is Ended 		3.05
Kissed by Fire 		3.06
The Climb 		3.07
The Bear and the Maiden Fair 		3.08
Second Sons 		3.09
The Rains of Castamere 		3.10
Mhysa 		Total
King's Landing NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Dragonstone NoN NoN NoN NoN 4
Harrenhal NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 8
Riverrun NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 6
The Twins NoN NoN 2
Winterfell NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
The Wall NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Astapor NoN NoN NoN NoN 4
Yunkai NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 6

Fourth Season

Location 4.01
Two Swords 		4.02
The Lion and the Rose 		4.03
Breaker of Chains 		4.04
Oathkeeper 		4.05
First of His Name 		4.06
The Laws of Gods and Men 		4.07
Mockingbird 		4.08
The Mountain and the Viper 		4.09
The Watchers on the Wall 		4.10
The Children 		Total
King's Landing NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Dragonstone NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 5
Dreadfort NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 7
Moat Cailin NoN NoN NoN 3
Winterfell NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
The Wall NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10
Braavos NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 5
Meereen NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 10

Fifth Season

Location 5.01
The Wars to Come		 5.02
The House of Black and White		 5.03
High Sparrow		 5.04
Sons of the Harpy
 Total
King's Landing NoN NoN NoN NoN 4
The Eyrie NoN NoN 2
Moat Cailin NoN 1
Winterfell NoN NoN NoN NoN 4
The Wall NoN NoN NoN NoN 4
Pentos NoN 1
Braavos NoN NoN NoN 3
Meereen NoN NoN NoN NoN 4
Dorne NoN 1

Conception

The title sequence was created by a company named Elastic, which had previously created the title sequences for Rome, Big Love and Carnivale for HBO. The latter won them an Emmy Award.

The title sequence was inspired by the maps of Westeros that precede each novel in the series (and maps in fantasy novels in general). The creators decided to place the map on the inner surface of a sphere with an astrolabe-sun object at the center. The camera would then visit different parts of the map, while illustrations on the astrolabe covered some of the backstory to the series. The turning gears and cogs were meant to be reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions.

Locations Gallery

Homage

The Simpsons episode "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" features a homage to the Game of Thrones title sequence, with famous buildings in the town of Springfield rising through the ground as characters watch on, dressed in Game of Thrones-style costumes. The Wall is replaced by the monolithic "Couch" at the end of the sequence.[1]

Awards

The title sequence won a Creative Arts Emmy Award on September 10, 2011[2].

External links

References

  1. ↑ io9
  2. ↑ Westeros.org
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