House Targaryen may think they have ‘ em tamed , but asthe House of the Dragons finaleamply demonstrated , a dragon ’s gon na do what a tartar ’s gon na do . It was a satisfying sight forGame of Thrones fanswho’ve been waiting years to see a proper Draco brawl , so the people behind the HBO dealership did n’t take any chances when plotting it out .
As film director Greg Yaitanes explainedto Entertainment Weekly , House of the Dragon showrunnerRyan Condalhad one very specific and well - considered demands for the scene : “ Make this a Game of Thrones scene … slant into everything the show has to offer up . ”
Yaitanes is also a co - executive producer on House of the Dragon , and he was , of course of action , well familiar with the HBO show that spawned it . But he also cast his cyberspace a bit wider when it came to visual inspiration . “ In preparation , I ascertain the first How to discipline Your Dragon because [ Oscar - winning cinematographer ] Roger Deakins was the optical consultant on that . So that , cinematically , was going to be really sympathetic , ” Yaitanes told EW , observe that he actually stop up tweaking the editing of the House of the Dragon vista to deflect being too similar to the dear animated motion picture . Also , and this is less of a shock , “ I go back tothe originalJurassic Parkbecause there was a sentience of scale to the dinosaurs that I do n’t think any of the subsequent films ever recapture . [ Steven Spielberg ] experience he require to frame for height , and I bring a lot of cues off what made the dinosaur bet so big and so interesting . So there ’s a lot of Jurassic Park in Storm ’s remainder and in the air . ”
The Snake Plissken of Westeros glowers at Storm’s End.Image: Gary Moyes/HBO
manoeuvre to Entertainment Weekly for more inside dirt on the scene , include the fun fact that it was blocked using toy dragons before getting the CG treatment . Season one of House of the Dragon is now streaming on HBO Max .
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