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If you’ve watched the special features on any of the Game of Thrones home video releases, you’ve likely seen some featurettes that showcase the special effects that go into making the show.

When it comes to the digital effects, the best kind are the little things here and there you never notice but help to make the world of Westeros seem all the more real. It’s stunning what can be done on a computer to enhance a movie or TV show these days, something that was made clear by the amount of digital effects used in a movie you’d never expect them to be used in, such as The Wolf of Wall Street.

A new video has been released that shows some of the many digital effects that went into season four of Game of Thrones. And while some of these effects were obvious, there’s plenty you never would have guessed weren’t right there with the actors during filming. You can watch the video below.

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