Foxtel pays tribute to fallen characters of Game of Thrones with graveyard open to the public
DDB Sydney and Foxtel have built a 2,000 square metre graveyard to pay tribute to the over 100,000 individual deaths in Game of Thrones ahead of the eighth and final season.
The graveyard features more than 30 headstones, including two mausoleums for two of the central families of the show, House Stark and House Baratheon.
The mausoleums created for House Stark and House Baratheon
The project was a collaboration of film production house Will O’Rourke, DDB and a team of Australia’s top sculptors, designers, painters and builders.
Each grave bares its character’s cause of death and episode number and has been created in reference to their story line in the show. For example, the grave of Ramsay Bolton has a dog bowl, referencing his hounds that were used to execute his enemies, before he reached the same fate.
The grave of Ramsay Bolton
The graveyard is situated in Sydney’s Centennial Parklands and will be open to the public from the 12 to 14 of April, ahead of the premiere on the 15th.
The grave created for fan favourite character Hodor
Credits
Creative: DDB Sydney
Chief Creative Officer: Ben Welsh
Executive Creative Director: Tara Ford
Creative Director: David Jackson
Senior Creative: Tim Woolford
Senior Creative: Tommy Cehak
Designer: Ramon Rodriguez
Head of Integrated Production: Sevda Cemo
Producer: Sam Harris
Planning Director: Joseph Smeaton
Managing Partner: Penny Dixon
Senior Business Director: Kirsty Mould
Senior Business Manager: Lisa Zimpel
Project Director: Liv Pultar
Project Director: Pete Baker
Content Editor: Richard Maxton
Sound Engineer: Danny Grifoni
PR: Mango Communications
Managing Director: Tabitha Fairbairn
Head of Consumer: Ben Handberg
Event Producer: Jim McGorty
Production
Production Company: Revolver/ Will O’Rourke
Artists/Project Direction: The Glue Society
MD / Executive Producer: Michael Ritchie
Executive Producer: Pip Smart
Executive Producer: Jasmin Helliar
Producer: Isabella Vitelli
Production Designer: Enzo Iacono
Construction Manager: Greg Hajdu
Construction: Gregsets
Photography: PhotoPlay
Photographer: Romello Pereira
Producer: Libby Hams
Foxtel
Executive Director of Television: Brian Walsh
Director, Content Marketing: Jo McAlister
Director, Publicity & Talent: Jamie Campbell
Chief Sale & Marketing Officer: Kieren Cooney
Be interesting to see if fans of a show will travel to see something like this.
I did. Was worth it.
Went yesterday afternoon – it was packed! Well executed, minimal branding and amazing setting.
Is it all gone bow? Or can we still visit the site?