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Game of Thrones – Season 3 Goodies

Jan23

We’re entering that most exciting time of year: the ramp up and entry into a new Game of Thrones season. HBO has begun doling out the material.

First up, the brand new (as of 3/2/13) Season 3 Trailer, extended edition!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C1pbtBX9Kok]

and the original 2/21/13 Season 3 Trailer:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RzI9v_B4sxw]

Then the 2/10/13 season 3 teaser!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1iTg20x7w2s]

Then, we have a piece on the Art Direction. This includes some cool glimpses of upcoming locations and characters.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3y5aCWFuKo]

Then even more interesting is one on adaption. They don’t say a lot, but as someone who works at storytelling in various mediums (games, novels, and screenplays) I find this fascinating. A Song of Ice and Fire isn’t your typical work, with a single narrative spine to adapt and compress. The same basic mantras of compression apply as they do in most novel -> film/TV adaptions, but the details are much more complex.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VB0JA78wJ4]

And one with the two main producers and a lot of the cast on the season 3 highlights.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaedhISdshA#!]

And January 31 brings us a fourth video about Iceland:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3-hlG6Nn1s]

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Game of Thrones – Iceland

Feb16

Another interesting production video on filming beyond the wall (Iceland). They really couldn’t have found a more appropriate location.

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Another Game of Thrones Peek

Dec08

An Icelandic TV station aired this peek at the end of shooting in Iceland for Season 2 of Game of Thrones (the awesome HBO Fantasy series). It even includes a glimpse of Ygritte (one of my favorite characters from the series) around the 6:30 mark.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JkFjvggMouU]

Interesting those volcanic and glacier landscapes. Pretty alien looking, and this is only Iceland, I think GreenLand might be even more foreboding. But certainly this makes a great looking “beyond the wall” — which is a major part of books 2 and 3. I don’t envy them shooting on an Icelandic glacier in December! There’s probably two hours of sunlight up there too.

And also today there is another making of video on HBO’s site, this one about one of my favorite topics, medieval hand to hand combat! Nothing like a good war hammer to the head. Shuts ’em up quickly, does it right.