For huge fans of the Dothraki language and the work of David J. Peterson, the man who took George R.R. Martin’s race of horse lords and invented them a working language for television, there’s a special treat on TV tonight. Peterson, whose rose to fame in the niche of fantasy language creation due to his work on Game of Thrones will be the celebrity guest star on SyFy’s most popular program since Battlestar Galactica went off the air, Face Off.
Some might think that bringing in Peterson is a direct tie back to the hugely popular show, and in the intro host McKenzie Westmore makes sure to name drop the production. But since making a name for himself with Dothraki, Peterson has been employed by SyFy for their own recent attempts to get back to their original science fiction roots. He created the languages for both Defiance and Dominion, shows Face Off has promoted in the past, but the network sadly canceled last fall. He’s also behind the languages heard on cult hit The 100 and MTV’s new The Shannara Chronicles.
In the intro, Peterson gives a short explanation for how he creates the languages we hear on TV, and how he originally got the job on Game of Thrones in the first place.
I’m curious to hear the languages Peterson creates for the contestants to use for their inspiration. (I personally love Face Off, which is like Project Runway meets Movie Makeup, and recap it at my own place.) It’s still early days this season, which means that at least one team will probably fail at creative and come up with something close to a Dothraki knock off, especially if they end up with a hard syllabic guttural type language like we heard spoken on the Great Grass Sea.
Via http://winteriscoming.net/2016/01/27/david-peterson-creates-new-languages-for-syfys-face-off/
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