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“Battle of the Bastards” is the ninth and penultimate episode of the sixth season of HBO’s fantasy television series Game of Thrones and its 59th episode overall. It was praised as one of the series’ best episodes, with critics describing the battle in the North as “terrifying, gripping and exhilarating”. Its eponymous battle took 25 days to film and required 500 extras, 600 crew members and 70 horses.
Each episode my friend Tyler and I will analyze the editing of one iconic movie scene like this and you can follow along. So turn on the podcast, bring up the youtube clip by clicking the link below (when we tell you) and let’s get into it:
Game of Thrones 6×09 – Battle of the Bastards Begins
We also recap last week’s “LACPUG”, a monthly networking event for post production folks. While this takes place in Hollywood there are many meet-ups like this all over the country and we talk about the benefits of showing up.
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