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The title sequence of the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, which first aired in 2011, depicts a three-dimensional map of the series's fictional world, projected onto the inside of a Dyson-like sphere[1] and lit by a small sun surrounded by an astrolabe at the sphere's center. As the camera swoops across the map and focuses on the locations in which the episode's events take place, complicated clockwork mechanisms let buildings and other structures emerge from the map and unfold. Meanwhile, accompanied by Ramin Djawadi's title music, the names of the principal cast and creative staff are displayed. The sequence concludes after about one and a half minutes with the title card and brief opening credits indicating the episode's writers and directors.

The title sequence was created by Elastic for HBO. Creative director Angus Wall, art director Robert Feng, animator Kirk Shintani and designer Hameed Shaukat received the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for their work on the sequence.[2]

List of elements

The following tables list the locations and cast names shown in each episode's title sequence, in the order of their appearance in the sequence as determined by the first episode in which they are shown.

Season 1

Ep. 1 Ep. 2 Ep. 3 Ep. 4 Ep. 5 Ep. 6 Ep. 7 Ep. 8 Ep. 9 Ep. 10
Locations
King's Landing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Eyrie Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Twins Yes
Winterfell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Wall Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pentos Yes
Vaes Dothrak Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cast members
Sean Bean Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mark Addy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Michelle Fairley Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lena Headey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Emilia Clarke Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Iain Glen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aiden Gillen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Harry Lloyd Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kit Harington Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sophie Turner Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maisie Williams Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Richard Madden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alfie Allen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Isaac Hempstead-Wright Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jack Gleeson Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rory McCann Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Peter Dinklage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Season 2

Ep. 1 Ep. 2 Ep. 3 Ep. 4 Ep. 5 Ep. 6 Ep. 7 Ep. 8 Ep. 9 Ep. 10
Locations
King's Landing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dragonstone Yes Yes Yes
Harrenhal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pyke Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winterfell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Wall Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vaes Dothrak Yes Yes Yes
Qarth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cast members
Peter Dinklage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lena Headey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Yes Yes Yes Yes
Michelle Fairley Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Emilia Clarke Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aidan Gillen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Iain Glen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Charles Dance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kit Harington Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Liam Cunningham Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Isaac Hempstead-Wright Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Richard Madden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sophie Turner Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maisie Williams Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alfie Allen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
John Bradley Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Natalie Dormer Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jack Gleeson Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rory McCann Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stephen Dillane Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Carice Van Houten Yes Yes Yes Yes
James Cosmo Yes Yes Yes
Jerome Flynn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conleth Hill Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sibel Kekilli Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Season 3

Ep. 1 Ep. 2 Ep. 3 Ep. 4 Ep. 5 Ep. 6 Ep. 7 Ep. 8 Ep. 9 Ep. 10
Locations
King's Landing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dragonstone Yes Yes Yes
Harrenhal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Riverrun Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Twins Yes
Winterfell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Wall Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Astapor Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yunkai Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cast members
Peter Dinklage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lena Headey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Emilia Clarke Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kit Harington Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Richard Madden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Iain Glen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Michelle Fairley Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aidan Gillen Yes Yes Yes Yes
Charles Dance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Liam Cunningham Yes Yes Yes
Stephen Dillane Yes Yes Yes Yes
Carice Van Houten Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Natalie Dormer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Isaac Hempstead-Wright Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
John Bradley Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jack Gleeson Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sophie Turner Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maisie Williams Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alfie Allen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oona Chaplin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Joe Dempsie Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sibel Kekilli Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rose Leslie Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
James Cosmo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conleth Hill Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rory McCann Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jerome Flynn Yes Yes Yes Yes

References

  1. ^ Perkins, Will (11 May 2011). "Game of Thrones (2011)". Art of the Title. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. ^ Fernandez, Sofia M. (10 September 2011). "Emmys 2011: 'Game of Thrones' Title Sequence Gives Series Its First Emmy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 June 2013.