Here's how the big battle from Sunday's 'Game of Thrones' looks without visual effects
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Sunday's "Game of Thrones" was everything we love about the show: compelling twists, big emotional moments, and landmark, film-quality production values.
HBO released a visual effects breakdown of the big cave battle beyond the wall as part of its "Anatomy of a Scene" series. The seven-minute video reveals how the climactic battle, and its haunting final moment with Hodor, came to life.
Bloodraven's cave got a serious upgrade to acommodate the enormous battle, with the effects team filming in several locations with the stunt teams and actors to bring it all together. It was incredible work and paid off in the stand-out episode.
Keep reading to see how the "Game of Thrones" VFX team brought it all together.
The size of Bloodraven's cave was expanded. When we saw it in season four, it was only a single room. It had to be much larger to accommodate all the action.
The effects team built new sets, which would eventually become different parts of the cave.
HBO/YouTubeThough shot separately, the sets were put together to all appear as part of Bloodraven's cave.
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