--- description: Game of Thrones has released a new featurette that takes fans behind the scenes of the impressive visual effects used on the HBO drama. title: Here's How Game of Thrones Brings Daenerys's Dragons to Life image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How _Game of Thrones_ Brings Daenerys's Dragons to Life  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 12, 2016 4:52 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 12, 2016 4:52 PM CUT With [season six](http://time.com/4286490/game-of-thrones-season-6-clip-davos-seaworth-jon-snow/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") less than two weeks away, [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined")has released a new featurette that takes fans behind the scenes of the impressive visual effects used on the [HBO drama](http://time.com/4251540/game-of-thrones-season-6-trailer-analysis-breakdown/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"). The video focuses on VFX supervisor Joe Bauer and VFX producer Steve Kullback, who explain how they create the characters, environments and scenes that make the world of _G.o.T._ as stunning as it is. **Read More:** [Here’s How _Game of Thrones_ Turns People Into White Walkers](http://time.com/4269372/game-of-thrones-white-walkers-behind-the-scenes/ "undefined") The two discuss the ever-growing scope of visual effects work each season, specifically noting the massive green screen that was built to create the Wall in season four’s “Watchers on the Wall” and the many components of Drogon’s appearance in the fighting pits in season five’s “The Dance of Dragons.” Bauer also reveals how he pitched the fiery effects for the scene. “Now what we need to do is to get a flamethrower that shoots 50 feet, strap it to a robotic crane, put it in a bull ring in Spain and hit 20 people with it,” he says. Watch the full clip above. _Game of Thrones_ returns on April 24 on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4290775/game-of-thrones-visual-effects-daenerys-dragons/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4290775/game-of-thrones-visual-effects-daenerys-dragons/"},"headline":"Here's How Game of Thrones Brings Daenerys's Dragons to Life","datePublished":"2016-04-12T16:52:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:33.390Z","description":"\"Now what we need to do is to get a flamethrower that shoots 50 feet\"","url":"https://time.com/4290775/game-of-thrones-visual-effects-daenerys-dragons/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4290775/game-of-thrones-visual-effects-daenerys-dragons/","name":"Here's How Game of Thrones Brings Daenerys's Dragons to Life"}}]}] ```