Spoilers all! Game of Thrones storyboard artist Jaeson Finn gives us a peek behind the scenes of season 4
For the past 3 seasons of the HBO hit show Game of Thrones, the amazing Will Simpson have been the storyboard artist on set. Due to the increasingly complex episodes and workload of season four, however, storyboard artist Jaeson Finn (Centurion, Your Highness) was brought on board.
Jaeson worked with directors Michelle MacLaren (the White Walker, Meereen sequences) and Alik Sakharov (Lysa’s demise, Yara's rescue, Jon’s return from Craster’s Keep, Stannis at Braavos) this season to bring their episodes to life. how do you become a storyboard artist on the hottest show on TV these days? Jaeson explains director Neil Marshal (who directed the two major battle episodes of the series) was the one mentioning his name. They'd worked together on Doomsday (2008) and that was how Jaeson's name was dropped into the hat.
Today Jaeson joined our list of the industry's greatest storyboard artists (Jim Cornish, Dan Milligan, Darrin Denlinger, Tim Burgard, Rob McCallum etc) and to celebrate he sent us a batch of his excellent boards from season four. To see Jaeson's other work and availability; click here.
Disclaimer: Jorgen's List is a free resource that shows you the availability of storyboard artists and how to contact them directly.
The above frames are from an animatic Jaeson put together to help visualize the scene with the White Walker and baby.
Above: Jaeson's vision of the man behind the three-eyed raven. It was Dr.Who's Keeper of the Traken that inspired his vision for the old man, Jaeson says. Just with a lot more roots added. Personally I really like this rendition; it feels exactly how I envisioned the old man when I read the books. Not sure if the final version in the show translated it perfectly (I imagine the CG skeletons ate the budget for that sequence); what do you think?
