Game of Thrones Title Sequence

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So this is a really interesting title sequence. Almost hypnotic. I am obsessed with the Game of Thrones books, I've almost finished the penultimate book. It is an addictive series that takes a while to get into but you get sucked into the world you become attached to the characters. It's almost like your not rooting for anyone person to get the throne you are actually waiting for them to fall, which is such a deep thought to think how much the author knows about our psyche that as a society we are hooked to this series because we want to watch the incest and see who falls next. Rather depressing really. To me the TV show hasn't gripped me like the books have because I have a very vivid imagination and I actually think I've made up a different story to the one my boyfriends read because we've both picked up different details. Therefore the characters really don't match the ones in my head, so it's taking me a while to get into it. But I'm forced to stick with it as my other half loves it so much, we are actually going on holiday to where King's Landing is filmed, Dubrovnik in Croatia because of this series. One main annoyance I have with the TV series is the title sequence. Don't get me wrong technically the way the cities build up and the detail in the animation is incredible but what is with the glowing yellow ball. And the font is so unreadable on the map. However I think the editing is really successful how the shots flow with cuts of different pans of each city/area and then panning onto the next bit. I also think the pace matches that of the story because it is really fast and does move on with each character each chapter. But I just think the yellow ball lets it down so much. I think it'd of been so much more successful if it had centred around the Iron Throne. But that's just my opinion.