This intimate and carefully rendered opening sequence for the Paramount+ Halo series reflects the show’s narrative arc following Master Chief/John-117 on a quest to uncover his past while revealing intricate details of his Mjolnir armor.

Director/AD Will Adams in Stockholm: “We wanted to build a sequence that visualizes the duality of some of John’s story themes.

“The Spartan program gave him his superhuman strength at the cost of great physical and mental trauma. The Mjolnir armor he wears both empowers and imprisons him.

“The conflict between his duty as a soldier and the drive he feels to seek out the truth of his past. All of these ideas are brought together in a dream-like vision.”
 

 
Client: Take 5 Productions, 343 Industries, Showtime, Paramount+

Production: Goodbye Kansas
Director/Art Director: Will Adams
VFX Supervisor: Kristian Zarins
CG Supervisor: Ivor Da Silva
Executive Producer: Anton Söderhäll
Producer: La-Râ Hinckeldeyn
Line Producer: Lena-Carolin Lohfink
Animation Director: Staffan Linder
Character Lead: Sandra Isaksson
Character Modeling: Magnus Eriksson, Jonas Skoog, Jesper Bardhamre
Facial Modelling: Mert Erguden, Sandra Isaksson
Character Look Development & Groom: Sandra Isaksson, Johan Vikström
Lighting Lead: Ivor Da Silva
Lighting: Johan Vikström, Sean Kalamgi, Erika Johansson
Rigging Lead: Gabija Smalinskaite
Rigging Artist: Peter Jemstedt
Character FX Lead: Ludvig Eliasson
Layout: Svetoslav Petkov
Keyframe Animation Lead: Staffan Linder
Animaton Keyframe: Jonas Ekman, Frank Spalteholz, Raoul Cacciamani
FX Lead: Max Öberg
FX Artist: Viktor Wagner
Concept Art: Michael Rigley, Jesper Bardhamre, Till-Valentin Holder
Compositing Lead: Daniel Nordlund, Peter Blomstrand
Motion Graphic Artists: Michael Rigley, Roman Tikhonov, Tom Waldton, Marcus Melin
VFX Editor: Caio Simbula, Henrik Klein, Jimmy Zhu, Finn Jäger
Grading: Jimmy Zhu, Caio Simbula