![]() ![]() Though it looks rough-hewn, the sequence was created entirely digitally-all the better to include nods and references only the most die-hard fans would spot. “Really basic materials that could have a very elaborate, sort of mechanized set of gears driving them.” To further tie their creation to Martin’s universe, their vision drew upon “the same materials that you would find in the show itself: metal, some leather, wood, glass,” Wall said. Their solution was to make the map its own insular world, dotted with eye-popping fixtures-like castles and the Wall-that could jut up from the ground, creating a steampunk-meets–da Vinci aesthetic. “We created some concept art for that, which was actually really promising and really beautiful.” Originally, the pilot script included the description of a proposed title sequence: “A journey of a raven from, I think, Winterfell to King’s Landing,” Wall recalled. He began by meeting with the Thrones brain trust, including Strauss, show creators David Benioff and D.B. Wall, who had never heard of Martin’s original book series, was brought in a year before the show was set to debut. After winning an Emmy for Carnivàle, HBO tapped him to work on a series of subsequent shows: Rome, Big Love, and, in 2010, Thrones. “That started a whole career path quite frankly,” he said. The director and editor lived on the same street as HBO producer Carolyn Strauss, who was familiar with his work on David Fincher films and brought him in to design that series’s title sequence-his first ever for television. ![]() Wall’s long path to Thrones came by way of Carnivàle, HBO’s 2003 drama. But over the course of each season-and sometimes episode to episode-that map changes, clueing viewers in to new locations and upcoming plot twists. The sequence spends most of its run gliding over a map picturing the major locations featured on the show, including Winterfell, King’s Landing, and wherever Daenerys Targaryen happens to be. Wall-whose name wouldn’t sound out of place in Westeros itself-was speaking lovingly about his year-long endeavor to create one of the most iconic features of the show: its opening title sequence, a 107-second-long journey featuring a spherical astrolabe (an ancient scientific instrument) whose bands are emblazoned with sigils of Thrones’ major houses. Martin’s book series debuted on HBO, becoming a groundbreaking and near-instant hit. In 2011, the epic-fantasy show based on George R.R. That’s Angus Wall, the main man responsible for creating the title sequence for Game of Thrones. “This is the nerdiest endeavor I could possibly imagine-and also probably one of the most rewarding.” ![]()
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