In this handout image provided by Red Bull, Maria Paula Quintero of Colombia dives from the 21.5 metre platform during the second competition day of the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on June 29, 2024 at Polignano a Mare, Italy. (Photo by Dean Treml/Red Bull via Getty Images)

The 12th round of the 2024 Motocross World Championship got under way in Lombok, Indonesia, on July 07, 2024. Jeffrey Herlings of the Netherlands won the round, and there are eight more to go. (Photo by IPA/Splash News and Pictures/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Netherlands and England fans arrive at the city ahead of a semi final match between Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)

A spectator reacts after a Brazil Volleyball win during Paris 2024 Olympics in Women's Preliminary Round, Pool B Brazil vs Poland at South Paris Arena 1 in Paris, France on August 04, 2024. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Barcelona's Caroline Graham Hansen, center, in action during the women's Champions League quarterfinals, second leg, soccer match between FC Barcelona and SK Brann Kvinner at the Estadi Johan Cruyff in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (Photo by Joan Monfort/AP Photo)

Emma Coburn (L) and Colleen Quigley of the U.S. look at the scoreboard after competing in the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 26, 2015. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)

“Diver in Magic Kingdom”. Green Lake (Grüner See) is located Tragöss Austria. In spring snowmelt raises the lake level about 10 meters. This phenomenon, which lasts only a few weeks covering the hiking trails, meadows, trees. The result is magical to watch diving landscapes. Photo location: Grüner See at Tragöss, Austria. (Photo and caption by Marc Henauer/National Geographic Photo Contest)

The characters fighting for Westeros in Game of Thrones are fighting mostly for CGI backdrops. Like many others TV series and movies, visual effects is a huge part of the production process as it handles details both great and small. A great credit to Game of Thrones is that the story is so good that we forget about the effects, and another great credit goes to the VFX team because their work is seamless. If you want to see the seams, you have to get a visual breakdown of how the shots are put together.