DIRECTION Episode director Charlotte Brändström used long lenses to capture these panoramic scenes because she wanted to fill the frame all the time. “I wanted to show the craziness and the madness, so we were often using telephoto, 100mm or 135 lenses. Those were the best shots.”
STUNTS Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong is a veteran of filming battle sequences. His key to getting it right: “You have to find the right visual location. You have to go to the right physical location for the horses— hopefully with a slight upslope so it’s easier for the riders to control their horse.”
PREPARATION A year and a half of pre-visualization work went into preparing the climactic battle sequence, and First Assistant Director Luke Robinson says that planning continued until just a week before the shoot.
The production team brought in Horsemaster Adrian Stent. His team consisted of a 30-person crew, including wranglers, coordinators, and trainers, as well as a number of expert stunt riders—with 45 horses in stock, 28 of which were on set for the biggest riding day.
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