HBO: The Art Of Opening Credits.

[triniroslin15]

I've started watching True Blood, and again, HBO did it! Another great opening in each episode. Some of my favorites TV shows are from HBO. We know they do greats TV shows, but it's not just that... their OPENING CREDITS are REAL ART. Sometimes is the music, others the opening itself...I'll show you some of my favorites HBO opening credits. Enjoy

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[arkady_]

Es que los créditos de True Blood son increíbles.

Los de Roma me recuerdan mogollón a Carnivàle, tanto en la forma de entrelazar las imágenes con dibujos como en la música.

The Wire es otra de las que oí hablar muy bien pero que no me acaba de apetecer por el tipo de serie (polis que andan por las calles y eso), aunque el opening le da un carácter algo distinto al que me imaginaba. Deadwood sí que me apetece más ahora, que el otro día me la compararon con Dexter y eso junto al caballito corriendo parece que motiva. xD

Y, jo, qué recuerdos al ver el de SFU. :_)

[triniroslin15]

The Wire hace algo un tanto especial: Cada temporada suena el mismo tema musical (Way in the Hole, original de los Neville Brothers) intepretado cada temporada por un artista diferente. En este caso, la 4ª temporada, es la temporada donde vemos el sistema educativo de los guetos y creo que la elección del grupo es perfecto.

Pero no entiendo la comparacion Deadwood/Dexter O_O pero si no tienen nada que ver! ¿O te refieres a los creditos? Por cierto, los de Dexter tambien son de mis favoritos.

EDITO: creo que Jeff Beal tambien hizo la musica en Carnivale, asi que es incluso normal el parecido entre esta y Roma.

saludos y feliz navidad!! ^_^

[arkady_]

Sí, suenan demasiado parecidos para ser casualidad. Supongo que la HBO llamará más de una vez a los artistas que les hacen los créditos porque hay varios que tienen un mismo aire.

Pues no sé, me decían que Deadwood es similar a Dexter en cuanto a calidad y crudeza, no sé, la verdad. Yo es que como tampoco me gusta lo del Oeste pues nunca me la había planteado.

¿Me puedes comparar The wire con alguna otra serie policiaca o es distinta a todo? Es que ya te digo que no me llama la atención la idea (polis haciendo cosas de polis en la ciudad) pero por ejemplo Ley y orden: UVS me entretiene cuando la pillo haciendo zapping y algo más tipo Bones ya es otra cosa.

[triniroslin15]

nunca he visto Ley y Orden, la verdad y no sabría con qué serie compararla.

te paso unos enlaces donde te explican bien lo que es The wire:

http://blogs.elpais.com/espoiler/2007/07/the-wire-todo-l.html

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire

no es una serie fácil, todo lo contrario, ya que te van contando las tramas y presentando a los personajes poco a poco.

Edito: te añado la web oficial española, la del canal TNT.

http://www.canaltnt.es/series/the-wire

[littlespank]

TOTALLY Trin. I never thought twice about opening credits until I was watching a commentary on Veronica Mars, and the creator was talking about how much he hates opening credits that are just clips from the shows, but sometimes they can't do anything else, b/c just like with most things on the show, they have an "opening credit budget" and if it's really small, I guess they can buy the rights to a song and get someone to compile it. He even mentioned HBO, and how all their opening credits are just....made of awesome. I guess those shows have a bigger budget. (b/c if you look at them, they are filming stuff for the opening credits on those shows that you never see in the show, I guess that costs more money)

Personally, I like the way credits are being done lately, and that is there ARE no credits. They do that on Lost and Gossip Girl, it's a little bit like that one House, but It gives the show a longer run time if the opening credits are just six seconds as opposed to a full minute or two.

[triniroslin15]

that's is odd: an opening credit buget! I didn´t know that.

And yest, I prefer opening credits like Lost than the usual TV shows (not of HBO or Showtime). BTW, lately I've been watching Grey's (to see Mary) and they have removed the opening credits that they used to have (it was a horrible song, IMO) and now it's like Lost. Desperate Housewives hasn´t it now either, I think.

[boot_the_grime]

I agree, those are all great credits. Carnivale's opening credits were also awesome. I'll never forgive HBO for cancelling the show. :(

I also prefer 6-seconds credits like Lost has, to cheesy opening credits that many shows have, usually set to some awful song. Jericho also had very short opening credits, like Lost, and they featured a Morse code message every time (I had to look them up on the net to see what they mean!)

[triniroslin15]

yeah, it's amazing. Looks pretty much similar to True Blood IMO... and the music is by Jeff Beal, Rome composer. Happens that I haven't seen Carnivale yet... it's why I haven't included it in the list. I know...I should watch it but since I know it was cancelled, I feel lazy to watch it.

[somadanne]

Oh yes, I always love HBO's opening credits. I haven't watched True Blood yet, but I'll give it a try when it comes out on DVD.

[triniroslin15]

I have watched two episodes so far... I will tell you when I finished it. ^_^

[sracheg]

El opening de True Blood es una pasada!!! Es como ver una minimovie!!!

[triniroslin15]

si, aunque creo que solo muestra un poco como es el sur de USA. De momento no veo mucha relacion entre los creditos y la serie.