Collaborating once again with Team 5, Director Rama Allen led a team of Mill+ artists to bring the atmospheric title sequence for Viking’s 4th season to life.
Building on the idea of the space between life and death, paired with their findings about the Vikings' traditional, ritual based culture, the team created a mournful and visceral sequence that represents the loss of life and family.
Rama comments, "The goal of this sequence is to place the viewer in a cold, lonely, primal, violent, ancient, supernatural, sensual, and haunting world. We’re building in intensity so that, you know, by the time the first frame of the show starts we’ve already transported the viewer from their everyday reality into the reality of the show. That’s what a title sequence does, it eases the viewer into the bath. So you have to know the show really, really well and create something that always works, on every single episode, on all of the seasons.”
Agency
Writer/Executive Producer: Michael Hirst
Executive Producer: Morgan O’Sullivan
Executive Producer: Sheila Hockin
Co-Producer: Bill Goddard
Director: Johan Renck
Production: Mill+
Director: Rama Allen
Art Director: Audrey Davis
Head of Design Production: Danielle Amaral
Head of Content: Ian Bearce
Line Producer: Rich Schwab
Production Manager: Jon Simonetta
Director of Photography: Khalid Mohtaseb
Second Unit DP: Adam Carboni
DIT: Nick Midwig
Stylist: Linette Delmonico
EFX Makeup: Jacqueline Valenca
Prop: Joseph Paul Sciacca
Camera PA: Dan Stewart
PA: Chuck Simmons
Talent: Shannon Rusbuldt
Talent: Bruce Raubenheimer
Editing Company: The Mill
Editors: Ryan McKenna, Jessica Ledoux
VFX & Design: The Mill
VFX Producer: Georgie Castle
Production Coordinator: Cameron Bond
VFX Supervisor: Westley Sarokin
2D Lead Artists: Westley Sarokin, Danny Morris, Lee Towndrow, Caio Sorrentino, Theo Maniatis
3D Lead Artists: Sandor Toledo, Vince Baertsoen
2D Artists: Suzanne Dyer, Robert Bruce
3D Artists: Rubem Vandebroek, Olivier Varteressian
Colour: The Mill
Colourist: Mikey Rossiter
