This week Cat Taylor talks with SFX Floor Supervisor Jonathon Barrass. There are a few spoilers about a certain duel, so proceed with caution!
Source: Season 3: By the Numbers
“In the time that has passed since we filmed here last year, several meters of sand have been washed away from the tideline and the cove seems more intimate, perhaps fittingly for the scene about to take place between Stannis and Melisandre.
It’s a crazy day, with two directors filming scenes for three separate episodes, with three different combinations of actors. In an attempt to make a turn, a huge tractor hauling a trailer full of gear has become stuck in the sand. Wheels spinning, it goes nowhere but further down. After a few attempts to maneuver, it becomes obvious that we have two choices. 1) Have VFX paint out the giant blue tractor from every frame or 2) Start carrying gear.
A convoy of crew begins humping the kit from the trailer to the far side of the beach, and just about every department is in on it: hair and make-up joins burly locations men as they lift, haul and drag weights, lights, ropes and sandbags (!) across the beach and out of shot.”
A glimpse of a green-and-gold Baratheon shield (used by Renly’s people) and some other soldiers. I believe in the video some were referred to as Stannis’s men, so these pictures are a mix of both.
Assorted extras and costuming from Making Game of Thrones: Working as an Extra
Extras in Making Game of Thrones: Working as an Extra.
Kingsguard armor details and a shelf of helms, from Making Game of Thrones: Working as an Extra
Extras in a mob scene, from Making Game of Thrones: Working as an Extra.
Lannister guards and the combined flag of Lannister and Baratheon, in Making Game of Thrones: Working as an Extra.
Peter Dinklage, filming a crowd scene in King’s Landing in Making Game of Thrones: Working as an Extra.
Images of extras as House Stark supporters, from the new video Making Game of Thrones: Working as an Extra.
edit to add: The blazing sun of House Karstark is visible on the shield on the right, in the fourth picture.
