Title sequence - Game of Thrones

Title sequence

First title that comes up is on 00:06 and mentions Peter Dinklage. It is a very famous character in the series and also a very popular and liked actor so it catches your attention and suggest that this is going to be a good series because of good characters. Martin felt there was never anyone for Tyrion but Peter Dinklage. No one else read or was auditioned, they "just had to get Dinklage" and he was "incredible from the start. 

The next actress mentioned at 00:08 is Lena Headey. She is a outstanding supporting actress in the drama series for portraying Cersei. As her carrier starter when she was 17, she's well popular actress with great acting skills such as Dinklage.

As 3rd mentioned character at 00:08 is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. He is well known from the fact that he played in lots of films and tv shows since 1994.
The first 3 displayed characters are higly known so they are mentioned first because it makes it look more interesting, while on other hands film producers usually put main character first. 

Opening scene analysis

The scene starts up with a close up on man face, or rather eyes are catching most of the viewer attention. These kind of angles are here to make you focus on character and his feelings, with this close up you can clearly see the man eyes expressions and what he does with his eyebrows that suggests his thoughts on situation he is in. After they moved into a extreme close up that shows the man shoulders and up. The background is blurred so the audience is still focused on the man and his expressions. As they went to that close up you can clearly see man's whole face and you can see better how is he feeling by looking at him, his mouth, how he speaks and what faces he does. You can clearly see he is not happy at that time from his face and the fact that he is shaking in anger, blurred backgrounds helps here to see his movement and makes him stand out. Then there is a high angle shot from behind of the man that was used to show where is he now,what's the surroundings like and what is he doing. Then there is close up at a newspaper, most of it is blurred but not the head title that was bold and big, that they zoomed out from to see second heading that was also bold and sanded out. The next scene is in Hermione's room, there is a window which through you can see that is raining which makes the scene depressed as clearly the character looks sad, her shoulders are lowered and she's looking on the floor. The room has cold colours and dark shade that makes it depressing and sad. Then they used a extreme close up to show her sad face expression to match the atmosphere where the background was blurred but you could still see the rain and the dark room. Afterwards there is change of scene in which they used a high angle to show the surrounding and what is happening and where at the moment. Then they used a extreme close up on Harry looking through the window, so with all the scenes that show surroundings then one of the characters viewer can guess its what happening to them or in their surrounding. Then there is tilt upwards the big house that turns into high angle shot and then shows the front of the house which zooms out to see another character and uses extreme close up to show his feelings. All the scenes are dark, gloomy and sad which suggest that something bad/sad is about to happen or it already did happen in the film. This opening is the main scene to catch viewer attention and make them stay and watch more, as it is mysterious and dark people get curious and wants too se what will happen next.

Theory - Movement and sound

Movement and sound

• Pan - camera moving from left to right and vice versa
• Arc - full or semi circle around character or object
• Tilt - camera upwards or downwards can also be used with POV (point of view)
• Zoom - tracking shoot
• Reverse room
• Track/Dolly - movement backwards or towards (in, out)
• Rolling - camera moves diagonally making the image askew
• Crane - extreme heigh (helicopter)
• Stedicam

Angles
- low
- high
- canted/tilt

Composition
-framing
-Depth of field

Focus pulls:
The action of adjusting to focus of a camera lens between 2 prederteminated moints

Rule of thirds:
9 boxes and what each contain

Diegetic sound:
Sounds wjich are part of the 'film world' we are watching: dialogue, music, sound effects

Non-diegetic sound:
Sound which does not appear to be part of the 'film world': voice over or background music

Sound bridges:
When the sound from one scene continues into the next visual scene: aids smooth transition.

Parallel:
Sounds which compliment the visual on screen

Contrapuntal:
Sounds which do not appear to suit the visual scene

Film production companies

DreamWorks Animation

A film company that has so far produced films like:

Shrek

Madagascar
Kung Fu Panda
How to Train Your Dragon

It is currently distributed by 20th century fox. It is recognisable for its logo, a fishing person that sits on  a moon.

"DreamWorks Animation is one of the world's most recognizable entertainment brands and it is thrilling to join with them on this venture,"