Thats what it took to makeGame of Thrones Battle of the Bastards.
The figures though, only tell half the story.
It takes more than cash and resources to create satisfying, character-driven action on that scale.
So, at the risk of inviting the showrunners ire, Sapochnik suggested a more achievable alternative.
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Their response?
Think back to the end of season threes Mhysa, and hes right, the similarity is there.
Martins novel series its name, are two characters with entwined fates.
A giant punching out a horse, for one.
Most of it would be photographed but it also needed a lot of digital enhancement.
First, it was all realno CGI or digital replication.
Nowadays youd never get away with that, and nor would you want to.
Not all of the horse action was achieved using VFX, however.
Part of the reason thats such a great shot is thats all real.
Thats 40 horses charging full-speed at Kit Harington.
cheaper and more manageable.
He can galvanize people into following him but tacticionally he loses his temper and control.
And Jon completely falls for it.
He doesnt account for Ramsays gifts for psychological manipulation, which Sansa warns him about.
It was actually a very good plan, I thought!
He even had a plan for the giant, Wun-Wun, massive long pikes to poke him down.
But unfortunately the riders came in and ruined the party for Ramsay.
After which point, he kind of knows hes buggered.
That beating from Jon Snow was another key character moment in the episode.
I just shot it from every single angle I possibly could.
The audience is going yes!
Ramsays getting what he deserves.
Hesstillgetting what he deserves.
Could you stop now?
It was something different for us.
We had never done that before.
With yet another bloody sequence ticked off, whats next on theGame of Thronesto-do list?
