Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Game of Threads: Costume Analysis (S1E9: Baelor)






Well, we've made it to Series One, Episode 9: The one where the main character gets his head cut off.  This is the episode that really defined the whole series and established the "anyone can die" principal.  Let's get stuck in, shall we?

Monday, July 7, 2014

Game of Threads: Costume Analysis (S1E8: The Pointy End)


Welcome to Episode 8: The Pointy End, brought to you by...



Darkness, and



Shadows, and



Candles flickering in darkness, and



People holding conversations in shadows.

Not that I'm complaining, per se, since this frequently-repeated image of small points of light surrounded by shadow is almost certainly thematically-relevant, but all this doom and gloom isn't exactly helpful when I'm already straining on my little laptop screen to look for embroidery details.  There's some pretty good stuff towards the end of the episode, though, so let's take a look....