Flowing red silk represents many different themes in Elastic’s dramatic main-title sequence for HBO and Sky’s new four-part limited series, Catherine the Great.
It’s the blood spilled by the empress’ many wars, the seas her armies crossed, the red of Mother Russia and the color of Catherine’s power as it sweeps across the land.
Helen Mirren stars in and executive produces this four-episode series that tells the story of the iconic empress who turned Russia into a great global power and the man who stood by her side, military leader Grigory Potemkin (Jason Clarke).
Catherine the Great is directed by Philip Martin and written by Nigel Williams. It’s executive produced by Helen Mirren, Philip Martin and David Thompson for Origin Pictures and Charlie Pattinson and Christine Healy for New Pictures.
The limited series premiered on HBO on Monday, Oct. 21
CREDITS
Client: Sky/HBO
Design Studio: Elastic
Creative Director: Lisa Bolan
Designers: Carlo Sa, Kaya Thomas, Lynn Cho, Min Shi
Animators: Carlo Sa, Jon Fitz, John Dougherty, Yongsub Song, Jim Pierce
3D Artists: Ariana Ziae-Mohseni, Aemilia Mariani Widodo
Modeling: Mike Dupree
Rigging: Colton Smrz
Editor: Rachel Fowler
Producer: Michael Ross
Pitch Producer: Meredith Cherniack
Executive Producer: Luke Colson
Head of Production: Kate Berry
Managing Director: Jennifer Sofio Hall