OVERVIEW

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FIRE AND ASH

The season’s climax unfolds in a devastating house fire, pushing the visual effects work into full-scale destruction. The sequence features a runaway cart pulled by riders, practical elements that varied from shot to shot, and extensive digital replacements, ranging from CG carts and ropes to added trees that heightened the scene’s ominous atmosphere. Rodeo FX handled complex fire, smoke, and ember simulations as the cart crashes into the house, igniting an inferno. When the real fire proved too extreme for continuity and storytelling, the team fully recreated the house in CG to restage and control the burn. Blue screen photography was seamlessly replaced, and several fully CG shots, including shattering windows, were integrated into the final sequence.

The episode culminates in a brutal confrontation between Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson, inside the burning structure, in a fully CG fire shot where only one emerges from the flames… but who?