![]() ![]() If there’s Princess Rhaenyra’s Syrax, who swoops and dives like a golden eagle, then there’s Prince Daemon’s unpredictable, moody Caraxes, and not to mention the grand old dame called Vhagar, who is, says Visual Effects Supervisor Angus Bickerton, 130 years old ‘’the size of a 747 aircraft’’ and the biggest of them all. ‘’At the height of our story, there will be 17 dragons and you need to be able to differentiate them and identify them by colour, silhouette, size and age,” adds Ryan Condal, co-showrunner. “Every time we brought one out the extras would go crazy because they knew it meant that there was a dragon in the shot.” Soaring through the skies, stealing glances and scenes, these dragons have their own character. “You would be amazed by how people react when the tennis ball on top of a 14-foot pole comes on to the set,” says co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik. ![]() The Targaryens’ ultimate power lies in possessing majestic flying beasts, bringing them a step closer to ascending the Iron Throne. ‘’But it’s very remote, and you can only reach it by foot, which meant that everything, all the equipment, had to be taken to the set by helicopter.” “It’s an incredible place,” says Executive Producer Jocelyn Diaz. The prehistoric rock formations atop a hill in Monsanto in Portugal, a place doubled for Dragonstone, the ancestral home of House Targaryen, served as a significant backdrop to the gloomy glory of the Blacks. But luckily enough, the natural wonders at these destinations helped summon magic to reality. Largely filmed in three countries – the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain – with a strong crew of 2,000, the medieval world of Westeros required incredible patience and technical assistance. Martin’s Fire & Blood to life, supervising the creation of sets on four sound stages and the backlot at Leavesden Studios, north of London. Lead Production Designer Jim Clay, who’s luminous resume includes movies like Children of Men (2006) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017), is responsible for bringing this larger-than-life drama based on George R. The highly anticipated GoT spin-off is monumental, at least in production if not on paper even though season two is already in the works.
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