![]() "No puppets or animatronics were ever used on Game of Thrones," Martin said.īut sometimes, a physical part of the dragon needs to be built, especially when actress Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, has to be seen riding on the creatures.Ĭlarke needs a 3D "dragon" to interact with, so movable platforms or Styrofoam representations of the back of Drogon, the dragon she rides, were built by the production's special-effects crew, Martin said. ![]() The dragons look real on screen, but they're all computer-generated. "For the short, I had done plenty of research about all type of mythological dragons and was therefore well-prepared." "Fun fact is that my graduation film in film school was a short about a father dragon showing his son how to fight off dragons," Martin told me. Martin had the right training for working with dragons. Renowned creature designer Dan Katcher designed the dragons. Add those who worked on castles, wights, ships and other elements, and as many as 300 artists were involved. The dragon team consists of 30 to 40 artists, he said. Martin's resume includes work on Super 8, Star Trek Into Darkness and The Hunger Games, and his work on Game of Thrones has won him two Emmys. ![]() Stare hard enough at the back of Sven Martin's computer and maybe you can see through to the secret Game of Thrones scenes on the other side.įew people know the dragons better than Sven Martin, a visual-effects supervisor in Frankfurt, Germany, who worked to animate the dragons for international effects company Pixomondo.
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