If youre one to impatiently scan through the previously on recaps and the opening credits of your favourite shows, youre missing out on something rather special with Game Of Thrones. The computer generated, animated map that forms the basis of the opening credits, detailing locations all the way across the world of Game Of Thrones, is actually a clue to the locations that are about to be visited. Originally, the sequence was composed to act as a device within the episodes story, to show transition from one scene and one location to another. However, this idea was abandoned when it felt that it halted the flow of the narrative in too artificial a way, and was adopted as the backdrop for the shows now-famous opening theme. Nevertheless, the principle was kept in play. Next time you have yourself a Game Of Thrones marathon, check out the opening credits to each episode. The locations visited in each sequence vary depending upon where the characters in the show will be depicted next. If youre having trouble following where in the sprawling world of Westeros and Essos (the names of the continents featured on the show the world itself is never named) we are from week to week, this might help you gain some geographical perspective.
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