Special special effects

[thistlechaser]

In this season of Game of Thrones, there was a big battle. Supposedly one of the biggest ever made for television. I hadn't realized how much of it was done with special effects (basically, almost all of it).

I'd say that even if you haven't seen the season yet, this video is only minorly spoilery. You should probably skip it if you want to avoid all spoilers, but be sure to bookmark it to watch later, because it's really cool to see how they did it all.

Comments

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

That was pretty amazing. For some reason I usually get bored during battle scenes on film, but this one had me captivated- my husband and I agreed that it seemed very realistic-looking how chaotic and ugly. I had no idea it was made with so much special effects. Going to have to show this to him- I bet he'll be intrigued.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? even on repeat viewings, I'm still amazed by it. The horses alone are incredible! I loved the shots of the scenes where they left the horses as bones or muscles.

Each season of GoT they release a clip like this, showing us how the special effects are done. I love it.

[liedra.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm so glad they didn't use real horses! This was amazing, thank you.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know they're careful with horses (and all animals) when they filmed, but I was concerned about them as well. Impressive that they were able to do this much with effects!