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Game of Thrones Making of

Game of Thrones – Logistical masterpiece

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Often big productions release short making ofs before the release of a project, which are mostly commented by the main actors, mostly about how exciting it was to work there, or how fantastic the crew was. This is edited with a short shot of someone shouting “Action” or “Cut” and how the main actors talk to the director. These videos are not really giving a look behind the scenes of the productions, so that they rather have the appearance of a promotional clip than a real making of.

HBO has just released a Making of for their series Game of Thrones worth watching, which focuses on the incredibly extensive logistics of production and lets the responsible heads explain the course of a production day. This day takes place in three countries at the same time, as two units are shooting in parallel, while in the third country the preparations for the upcoming shoot are in progress.

Here are some more numbers: this season was shot in 5 countries on 151 sets for 240 days with 166 actors and over 1,000 crew members. And 5,000 extras.

(Image (c) HBO, from the making of “Game of Thrones Season 5: A Day in the Life”)

Cup cake ornament

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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The year is drawing to a close – and after the self-sawn tree has been carried up into the apartment, so is my own energy. The tree is decorated, (most) presents are packed and now the last preparations for the next days are being done. We will go to the Christmas market shortly to enjoy some Christmas spirit despite the lack of snow.

 

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone!

Heidschnucken

Road trip through northern, eastern and central Germany

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At the beginning of October we start on our second road trip of this year. In just under 2,500 km we will experience northern, eastern and central Germany. The main destination is Leipzig, and this time it is planned as a relaxing holiday. In other words: We have planned every second day to do nothing. At least on the first day this works out perfectly. This time, again, we load up our car with half of our household items, because that way we lack nothing. Read More

Bayarena

Soccer, take two!

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During our road trip I get a call for a film shoot in a stadium. I haven’t done that yet, and since I’ve just been to the DFB headquarters, I might as well go to a soccer game. That’s how it happened that I was on the road for the stadium TV during the top match last Saturday, Leverkusen vs. Schalke. Several cameramen distributed around the stadium, mainly to capture images for the screens in the stadium and for the website. Before the game started, I was able to get an impression of the coaches benches, and what probably impressed me most was that all seats have their own seat heating!

Less than perfect headphones and unbelievably loud noise prevented perfect communication, but thanks to an insanely competent cable operator, who guided me to the right position one or two times, I was able to deliver the pictures that the director wanted. Only the continuous drizzle, which always came from the front, was a little annoying, but apart from that it was something different again. Especially when I was standing on the lawn and had to shoot a presentation while my live image was shown on the screen in front of me. Since my eyepiece was constantly fogged up, I could set up my image so much easier. Unfortunately, the screen is not that portable…

WM-Pokal

There it is!

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A film shoot with DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt offered the opportunity to take a closer look at the cups. A relatively short shoot was followed by a relatively long photo session with an incredibly football enthusiastic editor and all the cups and whatever else was in the display cases.

Even if my own enthusiasm for soccer is rather low (I’m indulging in rugby!), I couldn’t resist taking a few photos. And who was not excited or died a thousand deaths during the World Cup final, especially in the last minutes?

 

So for the football fans, here are a few more photos: