This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 6. Demolishing a fictional cathedral in a made-up city is hard work, but it was worth it for the fireworks display inside the Sept of Baelor in Game of Thrones Season 6's explosive finale, "The Winds of Winter." We went over complex machinery of shooting the 20-minute scene right after the episode aired, detailing director Miguel Sapochnik's use of flamethrowers, animatics, and people jumping in the air to create the scene. Today, VFX company Rising Sun Pictures released a behind-the-scenes video that shows how computer graphics made the episode's most brutal deaths possible. It also highlights details you might have missed, like the drunk partiers in the streets of King's Landing before the explosion. Keep an eye out for unexpected tricks, like how they used VR to perfect their massive crowd simulations.
If you need a fleet of ships with which to claim your uncomfortable metal throne, CGI studio Mackevision can show you how they made Danerys' (Emilia Clarke) boats in a stunning new behind-the-scenes reel of their work on Game of Thrones Season 6. It also includes the murder of Balon Greyjoy (Patrick Malahide) by his brother Euron (Pilou Asbæk), and Westeros' various beautiful castles.
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