Mad Men
The credits are ordered from the actors (specifically with the main actor) of the series to the producers of the series and the sequence of credits finally finishes with the series’ title ‘Mad Men’. This adds a particular effect, it’s either hinting to the ones watching these names will be the representation of ‘Mad Men’ or that the madness these people will have involvement with is simply about to begin. The contrasting colours of red and black are conflicting as the tone of the red is one close to blood and black is a powerful and defining colour that’s made out of a different composition so it the text stand out which is the overall goal.
The font type of mad men is Trade Gothic Condensed.
Behind the font we’re shown multiple pictures of some of the characters within the story with a little sneak peak of whom or what their story will entail. The rest of the pictures are of old advertisements of the 90s. The rest of the pictures is of skyscrapers as is it is set in New York.
The background music for this title sequence is from an unknown rap song by DJ RJD2 and rapper Aceyalone.
The whole design and concept was decided and chosen by Mathew Weiner, a producer on the show.
I particularly like this title sequence
because it reminded me of James Bond, one of my favourite series of all time and it just happened to be inspired by it too. It also stands out and is a pretty remarkable show overall which is why I chose it.
Game Of Thrones
The exact meaning of game of
thrones specified by the title sequence wiki is as follows; ‘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.’ This is all very
specific and only someone who has either read the book or is a complete game of
thrones fnatic could understand what this actually entails. However, as an
average viewer of game of thrones what particularly stands out in this title
sequence is the funky art, the wavey transitions of different settings on the
map and the great music everyone can identify with the show.
The music used for this specific
title sequence is specifically made for game of thrones opening title sequence
hence the name ‘Game of Thrones’ for the music. It was composed by Ramin
Djawadi and published by Varese Sarabande.
The particular font used in this
title sequence is Yataghan. It stands out in the ring that is the around the
sun.
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