Since the start of House of the Dragon, we have been waiting for these epic beasts to battle. During last night's episode, titled "The Red Dragon and the Gold" features three dragons tearing each other apart in midair. It also featured a lot of great debating and strategizing from the human characters, as well. The episode's director, Alan Taylor, had a lot on his hands making all of this work, so, how did he do it? Taylor sat down with the AV Club and talked to them about everything that went into that episode and much more. Let's look at a few of his filmmaker friendly, BTS quotes. When asked what he thought when he first read the script for the episode, Taylor said, "When I first read it, I was just glad that we got to do a dragon fight of this scale. And then I started reading through from the characters’ points of view, which is what you always do first."I was very keen on dealing with Rhaenys’ fate, how she handled it, and how she handled herself. In the first few readings of the script, I saw that the key moment above all else was when she decided to turn back to engage Vhagar. There are many plot points in there, and at least three or four characters that we’re tracking closely. But Rhaenys is the main point, so we made sure to structure everything around that."Of course, there were also a ton of VFX shots that...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 8 July, 2024