Halfway through the second season, the progress is obvious in some aspects, but the shortcomings are also very prominent.
Talk about some feelings from the perspective of a book lover.
Satisfaction:
1. The visual effect has improved significantly. The proportion of special effects has been significantly increased. CG is definitely at the film level, and the use of lenses is smoother and more atmospheric, which is also very cinematic. Compared with the first season, the color tone of the picture has been significantly improved. The Mediterranean-style King's Landing, the blue-gray Pike Island, the snowy north of the Great Wall, and the stormy land all let the audience feast their eyes. The details of the interior scenes have also been done a lot better. The sets of various indoor scenes, Dragonstone Island, Red Keep, Qarth, Renly's tent, etc., are all very delicate and delicate. On a visual level, these are well done.
2. The quality of the soundtrack has been improved. In the first season, Ramin Djawadi was considered "on the spot". HBO temporarily changed the soundtrack in the weeks before the episode aired, and Ramin had a very short time available. The second season he had a whole year to create, the effect is obvious to all. The integration of the soundtrack and the scene is very good, and the rendering atmosphere is first-class and not overwhelming, worthy of the name of "epic".
3. Excellent performance by many actors. GOT really has a bunch of good actors. Although some actors are difficult to "get up to the hardware standard" according to the standards of the books, many actors really gave textbook-level performances. Everyone may wish to pay attention to some details. For example, in the second episode of Cersei and the little devil, Cersei said, "You and James never do anything, and the burden fell on me." After the little devil heard this He had to hold back his laughter, actor Peter Dinklage showed the character's psychological activities by slightly raising the corner of his mouth, which was impeccable. Theon's actors also vividly portrayed the arrogance and inferiority of the character, his inner struggle and self-righteousness. There are too many excellent actors, too many to list, and it can be said that it is a group play with excellent performance quality.
Dissatisfaction:
The biggest problem in the second season is the script, to be precise, the adaptation of the script.
Some people say that Martin was involved in writing the script, which is not entirely true. Martin only wrote the script for the ninth episode - "The Battle of the Blackwater River", and since then has been busy with the promotion of volume five and has not paid attention to the creation of the script.
Maybe as a rigid book lover, some places are inevitably too harsh. But if you indulge too much in the adaptation and originality of the series, believe me, this is definitely a bad thing for the series itself. Moreover, with such a good script blank, this play deserves to be treated with critical eyes. Let's sort out some very unreasonable parts of the script:
1. BUG in the competition. Joe's Naming Day Tournament. In the original book, this is a competition for the purpose of normal competition. The latter is only present in trials by combat. In the first season, the killing of Sir Xiufu by the Demon Mountain in the spear competition is a very special situation. Since then, the cruelty of this character has been shown. Secondly, there is also a conspiracy behind it. There are very few people. Moreover, when Sansa rescued Ser Dontos, she warned Joffrey that seeing blood on the name day is not a good thing, and it took the help of the Hound to convince Joe to believe it. At this time, the corpse under the city gate was still lying in a pool of blood. Do you really think Xiao Qiao is a blind fool?
2. FAILURE SHAPE OF LITTLE FINGER. In the first episode, Littlefinger and Cersei's "fight scene" was handled quite lamely. Cersei is a domineering person, but Littlefinger is a conspirator who is extremely forbearing and does his best to disguise, hiding behind a lot of shady curtains. How can someone who is a matchmaker not even willing to honor Arya for such an errand, and even contradict Cersei over a trivial matter? This plot is very inconsistent with the character's character, and even makes people feel that the character is very stupid and impulsive. And the interpretation of "power" to be shown in this passage is also so deliberate and superficial. It is not like the rhetoric that two people really have when they are talking, but it is more like deliberately letting the audience hear and come here. What is power? According to the interpretation of the drama, it is not that you close the door to let the wolf, and I close the door to let the dog. The mishandling of Littlefinger's script is not limited to this. As the finance minister of the seven dignified kingdoms, he spends almost all day in his own brothel to manage those small businesses. I like to show off that I know a lot of things, Cersei and Jaime's incest, Renly and Xiaohua's private relationship, it's like showing off to others, "I know a lot of secrets, I'm very smart, come and cooperate with me, Come and worship me." In the play, he learned that he was put up with a little devil and quarreled at the door. What's the point? Would the character of Littlefinger not understand this? In the original book, he accepted the "great gift" from the little devil with a smile, and silently returned a more "heavy" gift to the little devil.
3. The existence of the role of Ros. I just can't figure out that Ros' character has any meaning - other than selling meat. A lot of the parts of this character are pretty ridiculous. As a firework woman from the North, she has visited almost all the dignitaries in King's Landing after visiting the hardcover men in the North. This alone is ridiculous. The series cut a lot of characters and scenes, but spent a lot of time on her, and the plot added to her can be said to have no effect - to show her kindness? Showing how cruel little finger can be to sex workers? Show how cruel Joe is? These are superfluous. The character's role in the first four episodes even surpassed those of Daenerys and others. Many foreign fans said that if Joffrey could get rid of Ros, they would be willing to list him as one of the most popular characters in the series. I would too. The day Ros died, he would definitely go out to a restaurant to celebrate.
4. Caitlin went "alone" to the Stormlands. In the books, Caitlyn has a team escorting her to the Stormlands to negotiate with Renly, while in the TV series Caitlyn goes "alone" - to meet Renly, at Renly's camp, to escape from Renly. When she was in the tent, she didn't see any entourage. This situation is undoubtedly impossible. At that time, the kingdom was full of wars, refugees and robbers. Catelyn was both the king's mother and the king's envoy. It was almost nonsensical to ride thousands of miles to the stormy land. of. This detail was ignored by the writers.
5. Yoren's death. Yoren's death has always been considered one of the most tragic plots in the original novel. After reading the whole chapter, the grief and anger were difficult to calm down for a long time. In the book, Yoren took Arya, Daniel and his party to stay in a small town. The town was empty, and all the people in the town fled because of the war. Yoren and his party spent the night in a small fortress in the town and arranged for people to stand guard, but they ran into the "Three Lights Force" of Amory Lodge under the Lion's banner, not looking for Gendry as described in the play. Rocky and the Mountain were given the task of gathering food and scavenging in the Riverlands. Rocky's army attacked Yoren and his party under the pretext of searching for the "Brotherhood Without Banners" (a largely civilian resistance group). There is no reason, as the Night's Watch is not involved in the internal struggles of the kingdom. Abandoned villages, brutish lion armies, and the backdrop of the Brotherhood Without Banners all illustrate the brutality of war and the suffering of civilians. Yoren's emergency organization of resistance also showed the character's wisdom and bravery. In the end, they were outnumbered, so Arya and others escaped through the tunnel of the barn. At the end of this chapter, Arya returned to the fire to save Jaqen and his party. In the tunnel, she heard the sound of the barn collapsing, kissed the ground and cried, which made people feel embarrassed. Afterwards, he went to live with Gendry and others, and witnessed the devastated Hejian Land under the war. All these chapters were deleted and merged.
I certainly understand that the writers made changes to the original book because of budget and episode length, but the changes here are obviously unreasonable. First of all, there are not many people coming over in the play. Why did Yoren go to one-on-one instead of organizing an effective and flexible resistance? To show your ability? Show how fearless you are? Such a clichéd and cheap Hollywood tragic hero building; secondly, since Amory Lodge's purpose is to search for Robert's bastard, Gendry, Robert's bastards are all black hair (every bastard's hair is deliberately black in the first episode. Hair), why can the blond Romi be able to hide from the sky? Arya came here "in a hurry", but the people in the Night's Watch troops recruited by Yoren are basically not related to them. Yoren is dead, why risk their lives to help them hide their identities? No one could possibly snitch after that? The screenwriter didn't mention it again after that, but he always found it difficult to justify it.
6. Baron's second compulsion. In the drama, Theon wrote a letter to Robb, wanting to inform, and finally burned the letter after repeated swings and struggles in his heart. Many viewers felt that the addition was a "magic stroke", which profoundly showed Theon's inner world.
Actually this is impossible. In Volume 5 "A Dance with Dragons", Theon recalled that he wanted to write a letter to Robb at that time. Of course, it was only "want", and it was impossible to write. In the book, Balon has long been plotting to attack the north. After Theon returned to Pike Island, the entire Iron Islands was already on alert, the ports were blocked, and letters could not be sent at all. Of course, Theon couldn't find a crow. The tool to send this letter, because the crows between the two places are fixed, once you find the crows to Robb Camp or Riverrun, it will undoubtedly be revealed. If Theon's letter is sent out in the play, the whole battle situation will be reversed, and the decision will be entirely up to him. Balon didn't do anything about this. Since Balon didn't trust Theon and thought he was a "wolf cub", and Theon was very harsh towards him after returning home, then Balon never doubted that Theon would Leak your own battle plan? Baron took no precautions against this. This adaptation in the play is very dramatic and emotionally provocative at first glance, but it is actually illogical.
7. Harrenhal plot line. In the book, Harrenhal was first used by the Lion Army as a stronghold in the riverlands. The Blood Theater was stationed in it. Rorge, Fang and Jaqen were recruited in the middle of the march. Vargo's men often joined Amory's men. The people of Harrenhal clashed, and the rule of Harrenhal was very dark and terrifying. Arya and her party were first exiled among the people, and then they fell into the hands of the magic mountain and were taken to Harrenhal, where they suffered a lot and were oppressed by all kinds of dogs. , is actually a microcosm of the plight of civilians in times of war.
Later, under the planning of Arya and Jaqen, Harrenhal fell into the hands of Roose Bolton, who was a vassal of Robb in the North. As a result, the rule of Harrenhal remained unchanged. , there is obviously a deep meaning here - the change of power is often without justice or not, and it is the common people who suffer. In the TV series, the plot of Arya fleeing to the public and the blood troupe were deleted. Tywin went directly to Harrenhal, and it is estimated that there will be no Roose Bolton in the future. The impact of the Battle of the Five Kings on civilians has been neglected too much, and too much emphasis has been placed on the struggle of "power and conspiracy", which greatly reduces the depth and humanistic care that the story can achieve.
And here Arya directly becomes Tywin's sommelier, and then immediately meets Jaqen, who promises her three lives. After the first success, Arya should have thought of killing Tywin. The phrase "Anyone can be killed" when the two were talking clearly implied that she had thought of this level. I don't know how to deal with it in the drama. Reasonable. In the original book, Arya has always been at the bottom, feeling like a mouse in Harrenhal, thinking about hiding her identity every day, gradually losing her sense of identity, and being bullied by all kinds of bullies, not to mention that Tywin is there. Harrenhal's stay was rather short, and it was only after he left that Arya realized that she could order Jaqen to kill him, and Arya had never had the opportunity to get so close to Tywin. This unreasonable change depends on how it is explained later in the episode.
Another pity is that Notepad was the first to be killed. Although there is no bug here, the death of Notepad in the third volume of the book is the climax of Arya's emotional outburst, and we will not see such a plot TV again. Unfortunately. I just don't understand why the screenwriter wants to cut off such a wonderful joke that doesn't affect the time and cost of the episode at all, or did the screenwriter simply forget that there is a later episode?
8. Be smart about Melisandre. At the end of the second episode, in order to imply that Melisandre has the ability to predict the future, she made her whisper to Davos's son "death in the fire is the purest death", which probably means that Davos' son will be in the black water. Killed by wildfire on the river (in the book Onion Knight lost three sons at the Battle of the Blackwater). Very problematic here. Melisandre couldn't have seen Stannis' fleet under fire without telling Stannis about it. Melisandre was not a villain and had a very religious belief. She believed that Stannis was the savior. All he did was to help him become king. Secondly, it is stated in the book that Melisandre denies that wildfire is R'hllor's flame, (wildfire is green), she believes that wildfire is a crooked way, and burning in this fire is the purest death?
9. The Onion went straight to Stannis's Admiral. There are many unreasonable places here. The Onion was a commoner, a former smuggler, and despised in Stannis' camp. In order to save the actors, the series immediately promoted Onion to commander of the fleet after Stannis got Renly's army to defect. This behavior is impossible to convince the public. Stannis was in a very delicate situation at the time, and he desperately needed him to win over the people who belonged to Renly's camp. It was not as simple as "if they don't agree, I will cut their heads off", and Stannis's army at the time was quite limited in its vitality, and it was difficult to have such a "bold" move. Throughout the book is Onion's low self-esteem and memory of his own origin (often being looked down upon by nobles, and taking his severed fingers with him), Stannis gave him justice and status, but he was far from the beginning. His ability to lead troops, especially in such a big battle. In the book, Onion is not the commander of the Battle of Heishuihe, and he doubted whether the situation at that time was a trap, but his status was low, and his opinions were despised by other nobles, so he could not control the battle situation at all. It is modified here in the play, Stannis' fleet on the Blackwater River annihilated the onion, and I am afraid that it will bear the main responsibility. Poor Onion, you don't have to negotiate the episode black. After this battle, I don't know why Stannis still trusts you so much and appoints you as his hand of the king.
10. Robb's romance with a field nurse. Now we already know that Teresa at the beginning of the fourth episode is Jenny in the book. In the book, she belongs to the ancient aristocrat "Westerling" in the West. Her blood is ancient and noble, but she has no actual influence. Robb encountered various situations in the Western Expedition and finally took the virginity of this little beauty. In the end, Robb really fell in love with her, and in order to explain to others, he broke his marriage contract with the Frey family without authorization and made Jenny For the queen (behind the use of the Westerling family Jane's mother and Tywin's conspiracy), a series of tragedies have occurred.
The screenwriter may want to increase the role of the couple, making the tragedy even more tragic. Early in the season 2 promotion, the producers said we'd see more love stories this season, but I didn't expect it to come in this form. Not to mention whether the name "Teresa" is her real name, and whether she is a real noble disguised as a civilian to help on the battlefield, the character's views and lines are really very modern and advanced, reminiscent of Bethune or Mother Teresa, even the name is so similar, I don't know if the screenwriter has this intention. In the book, Robb was taken care of by Jenny during his injury. Later, he suffered a major change and suffered a mental breakdown. Jenny comforted him that night and gave him a virginity. Even so, their marriage was still very irrational and even outrageous. of. Afterwards, Tywin used this as a breakthrough to disintegrate the alliance between the Twins and Winterfell with two letters, and destroying Robb's forces from within was the ultimate display of Tywin's methods, and it was also a key turning point in the Battle of the Five Kings. In the play, "free love" is basically going to be developed. I don't know whether Teresa is a noble or not. If Robb falls in love with this commoner woman and does not hesitate to break his previous marriage vows with the Frey family, he can only say that his IQ is negative, and Catelyn and her vassals will also do their best to prevent this from happening. The love of "The King and Cinderella", the arrogant "Cinderella" may be "Snow White" in the end, and let our "King of the North" scream and be fascinated, I can only say that such a plot is too vulgar Too old-fashioned, I don't know if it's a Hollywood romance or a Korean drama, but it shouldn't belong to "Game of Thrones".
11. One-sided and rigid understanding of many roles. Enumerating all these characters would require a lot of text, so let's wrap up this aspect at this point. Many characters in the play have been separated from those in the original work. Of course, we can understand and accept the adaptation of some characters, such as Margaery Tyrell (although she has a black belly in the original work, I think she is an The family's interests come first, not a woman with such a strong desire for power in the play), Renly, Loras, Dany's maid, etc. But for some characters, I can only say that the screenwriters do not understand the original work too much, or do not respect the original work at all.
Take Xue Yi, for example, in the book she is far from pushing her nose on her face like this. She is also a little bird and is considerate. Although she is close to Tyrion for the benefit, sometimes you will feel that she wants Tyrion to love her. , so her final betrayal without hesitation had an impact. The most important thing for Tyrion to fall in love with Xueyi is that Xueyi is a girl, and many places remind him of the considerate wife, Tessa, who was finally considered a "prostitute". This person is very important to Tyrion. Tyrion regards Shae as Tessa's shadow and a substitute, and only then will he give his true love and value her like Mount Tai. The Shae in the play is not only unreasonable and unsympathetic, but also pushes her nose and cheeks everywhere and shows her temper. I don't know why she created this character like this, and I don't know why Tyrion fell in love with her. This feeling is questionable.
Another example is Danny. In the original book, she is a smart woman who can bend and stretch. She also pays great attention to etiquette and has an ancient aristocratic style. Meaningful harsh words. I have seen people say that although the Dragon Girl is of Targaryen's blood, she is not so violent. This point is correct. Moreover, under the circumstances at that time, she had no qualifications to say such words at all, and had already threatened others. Under the circumstances at that time, the other party could use force to grab the dragon. In addition, Dany began to talk about "I am the blood of a real dragon, and the Iron Throne belongs to me originally". From this point of view, it is almost a female version of Viserys.
As for Stannis, the headstrong, frigid, restrained, fair, and rigid man in the book covets Melisandre's beauty (as Melisandre does when she whispers to Davos' son in episode 2) Quite obvious jealousy), and was directly put down by Melisandre's "I'll give you a son", and before being put down, she said "I have a wife" hypocritically, which is really difficult to convince the public. In the book, Stannis doesn't like Melisandre, but trusts her ability and thinks it can be used for his own use. The gods give him sparrows, so he recruits the red falcon himself. Melisandre and Stannis are in a relationship as the book suggests - creating shadows, but it's definitely not so bloody. The two are more like cooperation in a political and religious sense. In the book, these were originally hinted in detail, allowing readers to speculate on the cause and effect behind it, which is quite interesting. Now it is shot directly, and the plot of the bridge is so bloody, the screenwriter is afraid that the audience's understanding ability is really underestimated.
12. Pretty blunt erotic scenes. Needless to say. Many meat-selling jokes that have nothing to do with the plot appeared at the expense of other plot lines of other characters, and most of the meat-selling jokes have no aesthetics at all. Pornography and violence are auxiliary condiments to show the realism of the times, and should not be a selling point of the show.
13. Adapted for adaption's sake. There are obviously background characters in the drama, but they have to change their names when they appear, and there is no purpose. Not to make it easier for the audience to understand, nor to simplify the plot. For example, the three people under Colin Broken Palm originally had real characters in the book, but the screenwriter wanted to create two original names. What is the purpose? In pursuit of innovation? Show that you don't follow the rules and are better than the original author? There are too many places for adaptation like this to be listed in detail.
Having said so much, in fact, it is still "the deepest responsibility of love". Of course, I hope the series will get better and better and keep improving. Before, I used to convince myself that it is good to be able to see it, and the budget is too limited, but in fact, the most exquisite part of the original book I also mentioned in the previous outlook - it is the details. The morbidly rich details are waiting for readers to discover and piece together, to find the clues and the truth of the puzzles hidden in them. These are the treasures that Martin has tried his best to leave to the readers, and it is also a great charm of the original book. One of the main lines of the second season is "The Battle of the Five Kings". It can be said that the show has deleted 60 to 70% of the original content (almost all the details and some very attractive supporting characters), borrowing The original skeleton, adapted on this basis, adding flesh and blood. Interested friends can go to the Chinese Wiki of "A Song of Ice and Fire" to check the entry "Battle of the Five Kings", and you will find how serious the deletion is. Of course, deletion and modification are inevitable, but the deletion and modification of episodes do not respect the original work, and many avoidable bugs emerge one after another. The higher the requirements for a work, the more unbearable its flaws are. Besides, TV drama is such a work with obvious advantages and disadvantages. At the starting line of the original high standard, I also believe that "Game of Thrones" deserves to be evaluated and treated by such a yardstick.
Another very important point is that the original book is a very large net, and the whole body is affected by one hair. Martin's volume four and five have been difficult to give birth for so long, and it is also a matter of coordinating the timelines of various plot lines and other issues. The series tampered with the original work in this way, and many places were forcibly deleted, merged, and adapted regardless of logic, so people had to worry that there would be serious sequelae in the next few seasons. The foundation is not well laid, and the entire story structure is prone to collapse.
Although the first season was seriously cut, it respected the original work anyway, and did not make any major adaptations, and the screenwriter did not play too freely. The adaptation of the second season has frequent thunderstorms, and I can only hope that the third season can do better in respecting the original work.
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The dividing line of Zhan Wang's article before, it seems a little disappointing now that the
second season of "Game of Thrones" will be launched in less than three weeks. Let's celebrate! ~Leaving the broadcast is getting closer and closer, and HBO's publicity density has gradually increased. Not only has it launched several trailers that look quite predictable and the introduction videos of some characters, but also will be released one week before the broadcast (March 25th). ) launched the first season review and second season outlook video with a length of about 20 minutes, announcing to the audience - The cold winds are rising!
This article will sort out the shooting difficulties and highlights of the second season of "Game of Thrones" based on the existing information. Of course, as a serious fan of the series, some opinions will inevitably be more subjective. Because I have to give a score to publish this article, so I will give a five-star bird emotionally first~ I will talk about what I am dissatisfied with in the future. In addition, this article has done to minimize spoilers, please read it with confidence. . .
In fact, many times it is difficult for us to define what is difficult to shoot and what is to watch. When difficult to deal with shooting, it often becomes a highlight. So the difficulties I mentioned mainly focus on the adaptation from novels to TV series, as well as the filming process. difficulty. The main point of interest is the visualization of some wonderful plots in the original work.
1 Adaptation from the original book to the TV series
This is actually a very broad question, but it is also one of the most criticized questions when the TV series aired in the first season. The first season retains 50% to 60% of the original content, cut off a lot of scenes and leftover characters, and reduces the sense of reality and grandeur that the whole world brings to people, but it also makes the story more compact and the amount of information is reduced. A carrier different from a book is easier for the audience to accept.
A lot of cheeses said that they didn't see Bran's dream in the TV series, they saw the magnificent martial arts competition in the book, and the majestic Virgin Mountain Palace Lake, etc. These are a big regret. However, I think these are understandable. One is indeed the cost of production. The investment in the "Game of Thrones" drama is 6000w, excluding the promotion costs in the later stage. The best results under the conditions allow? Secondly, Martin himself admitted that although the video of "A Song of Ice and Fire" is very interesting in the story, it is also a novel born because of anti-visualization. From the 1980s to the 1990s, Martin worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Due to various constraints on the time and budget of the series, he had a lot of unpleasantness in his heart. One day when he was working, the thought of a wolf carcass in the snow suddenly flashed in his mind. In the picture, he felt a surge of creative inspiration, and he wanted to write a world that never existed. He wanted "there are countless nobles and castles, thousands of troops, dazzling countries, grand land and naval battles, and want to Write as much as you want, without being limited by those budgets and time." The novel was written, but the producers and screenwriters of the adaptation suffered. filming? The length of time really can't hold it; filming a TV series? The limited budget is difficult to achieve the exaggerated number of characters and grand scenes. Overall, the first season is still an excellent answer. The producer is very clear that the biggest attraction of "Game of Thrones" is not some strange force, not some battlefield, nor some magnificent spectacle, but people, people who are involved in this game of power. , their choices, their struggles, their betrayals, their struggles, their love and hatred and their joys and sorrows. Jagged power and money are only superficial, Martin believes in what Faulkner said, "human inner conflict is the real and only thing worth writing about". In terms of character creation, the TV series has been restored very well. It does not stick to the question of whether the characters in the TV series are similar to the original description. After ten episodes, there are many bright spots in many characters, which is impressive.
The only thing I personally feel regrets is that a major feature of the original book is the morbidly rich details, as well as many clues and puzzles hidden in these details, which have been deleted by the TV series. Of course, how these details should be represented is a problem.
It needs to be acknowledged that TV dramas and novels are two different carriers. It's just Martin's original screenwriting career that makes the original book very "image-like". However, as a novel, a thousand readers will have a thousand worlds, not to mention the various characters in it. And the TV series has been shown to everyone in real video. The so-called original works are inconsistent with each other, and they are often inconsistent with the ideal state in their minds. The original work has already formed a fixed situation. If it is not handled well, it will affect the viewing effect. From text to imaging, there are both gains and losses. It is unfair to use what one carrier is good at to complain about the shortcomings of another carrier. Although the "Game of Thrones" TV series is not perfect, the adaptation is undoubtedly successful.
2 Iron-clad soldiers—a replacement for actors
"Game of Thrones" is a TV series that sells characters. The first season saw quite a few characters—Ned, Robert, Mawang, Scilio, and a slew of other supporting casts—all of which were given out before the end. The actor who played in the front left the stage, and the actor in the back had to step up. The second season is full of new characters. Although it does not have to be completely in line with the original, at least it must be suitable and able to stand up to the role that he plays. From casting to shooting to the final broadcast, HBO has only half a year, which is a huge challenge.
From the north of the Great Wall to King's Landing, from the Iron Islands to Dragonstone, to the Red Wasteland and Qarth on the other side of the Narrow Sea, many new characters have rushed up to join this Game of Thrones and become involved in this game. Clash of Kings. The momentum of the second season of the lunch is not inferior to the first season, but HBO is suffering.
Another potential problem is how fast children grow. In the novel, Bran is 7 years old at the beginning, but in the TV series, he is 10 years old. From volume 1 to volume 5 of the original book, it takes more than three years in total, but if there is a third season of the TV series or even the number after that, then the impact of the child's growth rate on the filming of the plot has to be considered. It is said that HBO has also begun to have headaches and concerns about this problem, and plans to use continuous shooting to solve it. That is, to finish two seasons of the TV series within one year, so that the entire series can be completed in the shortest time allowed by the conditions, but this will face many challenges, not to mention the difficulty of adjusting the actors' schedule and preparing for the post-production. If it is changed to a novel What will happen to the progress? You know, Martin is notoriously slow to write books.
Well, this is obviously not the next thing to worry about now.
3 Scene transitions and jumps
Although "Game of Thrones" borrows the green screen, it is still shot on the spot in many places.
The entire first season is a foreshadowing, and the story has not really started yet. This also makes the scenes of the story more concentrated, and HBO has deleted and simplified the restoration of some scenes, so that the structure of the scenes in the first season is not lost - providing a suitable stage for the story that needs to be told . Let’s take a closer look at the new scenes that will appear in the second season: the Mediterranean-style King’s Landing (the prototype is Constantinople), the Iron Islands inhabited by the ironmen (the prototype is the Viking civilization), the vast snowy plains north of the Great Wall. , the desolate and barren Dragonstone Island in the narrow sea, the vast red wasteland, the magnificent and magnificent city-state of Qarth in the far east (the prototype is Persia) and so on.
As a result, "Game of Thrones" has become the most used TV series in HBO's history. From Northern Ireland to Iceland to Croatia, the actors of the same TV series may not have met from beginning to end, and they are far apart. . And a lot of shooting equipment was transported from place to place after many twists and turns. It was really hard work.
Judging from the effect of the trailer, the effect is undoubtedly very good. The medieval Mediterranean-style King's Landing, the icy and snowy land of eternal winter, the red wasteland that extends to the end of the horizon from the air, and the Eurasian-style city-state of Qarth, at least geographically, makes the second season more than the first season. More epic.
4 The use of special effects CG In the
first season, due to the deletion of the war plot, the simplification of the aforementioned scenes, and the selection of dogs to play the direwolf, the use of CG can be greatly reduced. But in this season, HBO will obviously face greater challenges. The original visual effects team is a small studio, which can no longer meet the needs of the post-production of the TV series. So HBO changed the visual effects team, from the VFX team BlueBolt in the first season to Pixomondo, which is no longer a small-scale special effects team, but a global company with locations in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, London and Shanghai, etc. There are branches in many places. Past titles include Iron Man 2, Sucker Punch, Fast & Furious 5, and Super 8.
There are obviously more places where CG is needed in the second season. Although the degree to which special effects are achieved depends on how much money is spent, HBO has also increased its investment accordingly after the success of the first season. We hired a director who specializes in shooting low-cost blockbusters. At present, from all known channels, the visual effects should be very good in the TV series~ Just waiting for the finished product in April! !
Get this bird! ! ! Finally craned his neck to look forward to the arrival of the second season! ! !
Winter is coming, The Cold Winds are Rising.
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Spoiler alert:
Attach a synopsis for the first five episodes:
April's episodes:
Episode #11 : Never Forget the North
premieres: Sunday, April 1
Robb Stark continues his war against House Lannister; Tyrion arrives in King's Landing to control the tyranny of the new king. On Dragonstone, Stannis Baratheon is planning an attack, threatening to own the Iron Throne. He was helped by the red-robed woman Melisandre, a mysterious priestess from the East who believed in strange gods. Across the narrow sea, Daenerys leads her khalasar and three little dragons across the vast red wasteland, looking for allies and an oasis of water. To the north, Bran became the acting lord of Winterfell; north of the Wall, Jon and his brethren of the Night's Watch had to live temporarily under the roof of some dubious wildling.
Writers: David Benioff and DB Weiss; Director: Alan Taylor.
Episode #12: Kingdom of the Night
Premiere: On Sunday, April 8,
learning of the murder and purge orders in King's Landing, Tyrion attempts to limit the atrocities of Cersei and her mother. On her way north, Arya shares a secret with Gendry, a recruit to the Night's Watch. With supplies dwindling, one of Dany's blood clan guards returned to their camp. After nine years as an adopted son, Theon Greyjoy finally returned to the Iron Islands to turn against his father, Balon Greyjoy, who intended to restore the Ironborn Trail. Ser Davos persuaded the pirate Salado Thon to join Stannis' side and attack King's Landing with a fleet of ships from the sea.
Screenwriters: David Benioff and DB Weiss; Directors: Alan Taylor.
Episode #13: The Dead Don't Die
Premiere: Sunday
, April 15 Inside the Red Keep, Tyrion forges an alliance through three engagements. Catelyn arrives in the Stormlands to try and convince Renly to ally with Stark. But King Renly, his new wife Margaery, and Margaery's younger brother Loras had other plans. At Winterfell, Maester Luwin attempts to interpret Bran's dreams.
Screenwriter: Bryan Cogman; Director: Alik Sakharov.
Episode #14: The Garden of Bones
Premieres: Sunday, April 22
Joffrey punishes Sansa for Robb's victory in battle, while Tyrion and Bronn take down the king. Catelyn implores Renly and Stannis to ally against Lannister. Dany took the exhausted Kharaza to the gates of Qarth—a rich city-state in the east, surrounded by great walls, and the rulers of the city-state greeted her outside its gates. Tyrion threatens someone close to the Queen Mother to be his eyeliner. Arya and Gendry fell into the hands of Gregor Clegane "The Mountain" and were taken to Harrenhal. Davos gets a new assignment, and he must return to his old business, smuggling Melisandre by boat to a mysterious harbor.
Writer: Vanessa Taylor; Director: David Petrarca.
Episode #15: Ghost of the Castle
Premiere: Sunday, April 29
The abrupt end of the Baratheon brothers' confrontation prompted Catelyn to flee the Stormlands and Littlefinger to take action. King's Landing, Tyrion's staff reminds him of Joffrey's flawed defense plan and shows him a secret weapon. Theon sails to the rocky shores to prove his "Ironborn" name. Inside Harrenhal, Arya receives a promise from Jaqen H'gar, one of three prisoners she rescued from the Golden Robe. The Night's Watch army has finally reached the ancient barrier of Fist of the First Men, intending to hold back the advance of the wildling army.
Screenwriter: David Benioff and DB Weiss; Director: David Petrarca.
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