Game of Thrones—who’s been watching it? Based on the first book in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series, HBO’s new baby has taken the TV world by storm this year, winning both critical and popular acclaim for its solid writing, acting and production. GoT has begun airing here in Australia only last month on Foxtel—it’s current flavour of the month in my household as we work our way through the first nail-biting season.
GoT is the type of show that satisfies your inner DnD nerd (you know the kids that spent their lunch breaks in the school library playing dice-based card games) but also caters to the sophisticated television watcher (there are few of us).
Anyway, I was initially shocked to learn that the show cost a massive $10M per episode to make. I was shocked again to learn of the show’s extensive use of compositing thanks to the video below. I guess I shouldn’t have been too surprised, it really makes a lot of sense when you consider the budget and that those castles don’t really exist. This exceptional level of compositing is normally reserved for big budget Hollywood flicks.
Warning , this video contains at least one spoiler surrounding that saucy Targaryan girl!
Compositing: such a flimsy excuse to include it under the Tech section!
And in case you still don’t know what I’m going on about, here’s the Game of Thrones trailer that should give you a good taste of what to expect. Warning, this show contains a lot of blood, tit, arse, penis and vagina. Hurrah!: