Netflix’s Opening Sequence ft. Ryan Matthew Cohn’s Exploded Skull
Noticed something familiar in the opening sequence? We are honored that Guillermo del Toro used the exploded skull that Ryan Matthew Cohn made for him in the opening sequence of “Cabinet of Curiosities.”
“They obviously digitized it a bit, but it’s fairly accurate to the original model,” says Ryan Matthew Cohn.
Watch Ryan explain a Beauchene skull, otherwise known as an “exploded skull” on TikTok.
Interview Excerpt from Art Of The Title by Lola Landekic
The viewer is then swallowed up by a mechanical skull. “That’s another period-correct reference,” says Hirsch. “Dave, what was the exact term for that? The exploded skull quality?”
“I believe it is ‘exploded skull,’” Rowley laughs. “This was a combination of some hand-modeled elements and a purchased model.”
“You could get animatic skulls that you would turn wheels to cause features of them to open or explode and reveal things, they had mechanisms in them,” explains Hirsch.
The second major space in the sequence is a darker hallway with red wall fabrics. In the center of the hallway, barely visible, stands a statue that Tiwari explains is an écorché model, an anatomically correct human figure shown without skin, often used for medical students or artist reference, with a golden heart structure inside.
Source: Art Of The Title