Inside the Secrets of ‘The Rings of Power’ Title Sequence
variety.comKaren M. Peterson Main title creators Mark Bashore and Katrina Crawford were given a unique challenge in creating the title sequence for “The Rings of Power,” a series from the world of J.R.R.
Tolkien that would introduce fans of “The Lord of the Rings” to the much older and less familiar Second Age. Bashore credits Crawford with their approach to the overall main title design, saying, “She came up with this idea of portals into other worlds.
You have 90 seconds or sometimes less to transport people psychologically into a place where they’re ready. And it’s oftentimes the only thing that lives across seasons and seasons.
Everything else changes. The directors, the writers, the shows change, but the one thing is that portal.” Tolkien once wrote that his world was created from the music of angelic beings.
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