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True Blood (2008)

November 21, 2008
True Blood
I always thought as different as we are, some how we could still be together. And now I don't know.
—Sookie Stackhouse
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What it is to be reborn.

A closed-mouthed catfish and a cheery gator serve as an aquatic admission into the rot of intolerance and blackish baptisms. Stick shacks sulk under Spanish moss as Jace Everett's song "Bad Things" plucks and coos over the risqué and religious imagery of Alan Ball's title sequence for True Blood, contextualizing the slutty and sweet swamp-goth vampiric mise-en-scène.

Elements of this sequence have been compared to Andrew Douglas' mesmeric, stunning, one-of-a-kind film Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, an example of good southern surrealist cinema.

  • Credits

Creative Directors: Matt Mulder, Rama Allen
Live Action Direction: Rama Allen, Morgan Henry, Matthew Mulder, Matt Clark, Tevor Fife
Designers: Rama Allen, Shawn Fedorchuck, Ryan Gagnier, Matthew Mulder, Camm Rowland, Ryan Rothermel, Jacques Broquard
Compositor: Ryan Gagnier
Editor: Shawn Fedorchuck
Producers: Morgan Henry, Kipp Christiansen, Keir Moreano
Executive Creative Director: Paul Mattheaus
Executive Producer: Mark Bayshore
Production Studio: Digital Kitchen
Client: HBO

Title sequence

  • Production Studio

    Digital Kitchen
  • Category

    TV
  • Styles

    editorial, experimental, live action, main title, mixed-media, montage, nostalgic, typographic
True Blood
  • Creator

    Alan Ball
  • Year

    2008
  • Aspect

    1.78:1
  • Network

    HBO
  • Country

    USA
  • Language

    English
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Article

  • Writer

    Alexander Ulloa

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