Importance of Title sequence for Television program.

A title sequence/opening sequence or intro is the method by which films or television programs

present their title, and key production and cast members, applying the conceptual visuals and

sound. The title sequence of a television show introduces the characters and credit the cast and

crew, or even more simply, to give the film's title. But more than anything, it attracts the

curiosity of the audience, encouraging them to watch the show.

The title sequence sets the tone of the movie we are about to see. We will get a sense of the

genre and pacing of the movie simply by experiencing the first few seconds of an opening title

sequence. Title sequences for television series have generally played a central role in establishing

the show's identity. Title sequences are a powerful expression of motion graphics. They are an

introduction to the movie. They engage the audience by hinting at what is about to start, themes,

and, in some cases, the challenges that characters will be facing.

The music of title sequences also plays a vital role in catching people's attention. Theme music is

a musical call for attention when the audience hears the theme music they became silent and

ready to watch the show. The theme music played during the sequence may be remembered

clearly by viewers decades later.

Analysis of the Title sequence of Game of Thrones.

The title sequence for Game of Thrones was created by Elastic for HBO and is guided by a

theme tune composed by Ramin Djawadi. The title sequence of the HBO fantasy television

series Game of Thrones that introduces every episode serves as a guide to the physical landscape

of the world of the series. It changes depending on the locations visited in that particular episode.
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 an

Astrolabe which is used to locate and predict the positions of the sun, moon, and stars and

determining the local time. The map of Westeros focuses on the locations in which the episode's

events take place.

The title sequence of Game of Thrones contains King's Landing, Winterfell, The Wall and

where the Daenerys is in every episode, even if Daenerys does not appear in that episode.

But throughout each season—and sometimes episode to episode—that map changes, which gives

the clue to the viewers into new locations and upcoming plot twists.

The reason to show Deanery's location is to show the locations outside Westeros. Winterfell also

appears in every episode, even though during seasons 3 and 4 it was never physically visited.

King's Landing is the capital city, the Wall is meant to hold back the return of the White

Walkers, and Winterfell is the home of all the Starks.

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 camera pans to a wide-shot of Westeros and Essos at the beginning and then zoom in on the

city of King's Landing, in particular showing the sigil of House Baratheon. The crowned stag

sigil represents the royal family of the house Baratheon. Complicated clockwork mechanisms

emerge showing towns and cities rise from the map.

Leaving the capital traveling to the North Ancestral home of the Starks. The camera shows the

sigil of House Stark, the dire wolf. And then shows the heart tree of the Winterfell rising.
There is the depiction of " the war of usurpers "an uprising against the previous ruling Dragon

house lead by the Stag, Wolf and the lion on Astrolabe.

Then it shows the Winterfell again and then travels north to the wall, a huge structure made up of

ice, stone, and magic and Castle black emerged from the center of the wall. The 700 feet high

manned by the brave men of the night's watch against wilding invaders from behind the wall.

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 back to King's Landing before moving across the free city of Pentos and

showing the three-headed sigil of the house Targeryean.

Then it shows the house sigils kneeling to Stag, the current reigning house in Westeros. The

Game of Thrones logo then appears over the astrolabe, with the sigils of the four main houses,

heads of a dragon, wolf, lion, and stag emerging from the side of the logo.

Throughout the series, the title sequence continues to change and add locations, depending

on the locations visited in that particular episode.

In the first season of Game of Thrones season one "Winter is coming" it shows the King's

Landing, Winterfell, the wall, castle black and the city of Pentos in Essos, where exile children

of house Targeryean lived for a year and they king Robert dead and thrown back in their

family.

In the second episode, the city of Pentos is replaced by the Dothraki city of Vaes Dothrak,

where Daenerys is married off to Khal Drogo.

Stark and later freed when Bronn won a trial by combat.

In Episode 9, The twin is shown in the map as Robb Stark needs to cross the river at the Twins to

face Lannister's forces in battle. And the Twin is removed in episode 10.

Likewise, Dragonstone, Pyke, Harrenhal, and Qarth appeared in the second season. Astapor,

Riverrun, and Yunkai appeared in the third season. The Dreadfort, Meereen, Braavos, and Moat

Cailin appeared in the fourth season, while the region of Dorne was the only location added

during the fifth season. No new locations were added to the title sequence during the sixth

season. Oldtown and Eastwatch first appeared in the seventh season.

Changes in the Title sequence of Game of Thrones, season two.

In season one, Peter Dinklage was the last actor named in the credits. Now his name is brought to

the front as Sean Bean's character as Ned Stark ends in the first season.

Lena Headley, who plays the conniving Cersei, now gets the second billing, a position formerly

occupied by Mark Addy. And the theme music in season two is less rhythmic and more

melodious.

The title sequence shown in season eight differs vastly from the previous season. This final

season-opening title sequence depicts an updated history of the Westeros. The astrolabe depicts

the destruction of the wall. There are so many details and accuracy in the title sequence of season

eight.

After the Astrolabe, the first location we see is a narrow opening of the wall breaking before

initially King's Landing is shown. The white/ blue tiles moving forward indicating the dead
walkers moving through the north of the wall. The blue tiles reaching the Last Hearth tell us

what is going to happen at the end of the episode where the Lord Umber died.

After the Last Hearth, we move on to Winterfell, which gives us a ground view of the weird

wood tree in gods wood and unlike in the past seasons, the tree now blooms with lush amounts

of red leaves which could be a reflection of all the surviving Starks under one roof.

Then coming inside the Great Hall and then to the crypt where we briefly passed the statue of

Lyanna Stark the location of John's critical revelation in the episode.

Next, the Astrolabe shows us another major historical event the red wedding is set at the Twins,

and the decapitated stark dire wolf hands from noose and bodies filled with arrows and dagger

and its back just like Robb Stark was murdered. A Lannister lion bears down with a Tully fish in

its mouth for Tywin Lannister's victory over Catelyn and the rest of the Tully's.

A Bolton flayed man holds the dire wolf severed head for Roose Bolton's role and helping

Orchestrate this assignation.

The final destination is King's Landing which is now laid out as a massive city with a huge

population, the foundation of the Sept of Baelors is visible but it doesn't rise with the rest of the

structure. The shots of the castle show the map floor courtyard that Cersei had installed last

season. The cameraman zooms down the tower of the hand and its spiral staircase. Down into

the dungeons below is the scorpion the giant crossbow weapon that Qyburn design and

Brann used on Daenerys and dragon last season.

Then back up to the Red keep the Iron throne rises with Cerise's Lannister lion and window

behind it gears evoking Daenerys description of the cycle of power as a giant wheel that she
intends to break. And the wheel frames the final title, the dragon, lion, stag and dire wolf a wheel

that could simply break leaving none of these houses in power. The aftermath of the Battle of

King's Landing is seen. Steps are missing from the tower in King's Landing and the Lannister

sigil is removed from the window above the Iron Throne.

Astrolabe for the last time shows a large dragon with three smaller dragons beneath a comet

facing a bowing row of horses this big dragon is Daenerys and three smaller ones are her dragons

Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion. The moment of their birth the end of the first season before the

bow in Dothraki who are represented by horses.

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