Game of Thrones

[Kagemusha]

Someone mentioned are there going to be battle I read probably on IGN or something that there going to do a battle but it will be at night.

They can pretend there is more fighting going on when in reality it will be just 50 to 60 extras in a dark field probably.

If they were to do a full on battle with horses and infantry etc etc then the Curragh is the only place in Ireland where it's possible to get the real scale needed. Also the handy army barracks nearby means the army reserve lads can get a couple weeks of craic for half nothing like they did in Braveheart or Saving Private Ryan.

Wish they would do same as those films but they prob wont.

Or they are going to create the battle scenes, like they did in Gladiator, with randomly mixing same people over and over again.

[gaelic cowboy]

Or they are going to create the battle scenes, like they did in Gladiator, with randomly mixing same people over and over again.

I dont think so according to the article I read I think thats what the idea of the night battle is for to begin with, there is no need to mix it at all they can just pretend there is more going on.

Just stick a few fellows wavin burning torches at the edge of the field to simulate more fighting, then focus the camera on the center where 50 lads duke it out in the dark.

Done right it will look good and you wont mind knowing the reality.

They are supposed to do this Battle of Blackwater does it happen at night or evening???

[Kagemusha]

I dont think so according to the article I read I think thats what the idea of the night battle is for to begin with, there is no need to mix it at all they can just pretend there is more going on.

Just stick a few fellows wavin burning torches at the edge of the field to simulate more fighting, then focus the camera on the center where 50 lads duke it out in the dark.

Done right it will look good and you wont mind knowing the reality.

I guess you are right.Its a shame we cant have similar number of extras like in some 50-60´s epic dramas, these days.

[Greyblades]

Alas the days of Waterloo's level of 16,000 extras running around are over in this day of computer graphics and budget tv series.

[gaelic cowboy]

Alas the days of Waterloo's level of 16,000 extras running around are over in this day of computer graphics and budget tv series.

It's not impossible but it is a tv series an not a film they cant spend 3 week filming couple of battalions of army reserve lads simulating D-Day landings in curraghcloe.

They use restricted views and the like to give the impression there is a ton happening round the corner when in reality it's 20 fellows all shouting off camera.

[Kagemusha]

In my opinion computer graphics can pretty much emulate human movement already.Its only facial expressions that computer created characters cant get quite right.

[gaelic cowboy]

In my opinion computer graphics can pretty much emulate human movement already.Its only facial expressions that computer created characters cant get quite right.

Yea which means that with some clever shots they probably can get away with only actually havin 50 actors in a field hacking each other.