The Hudson Union www.hudsonunionsociety.com is where today's leaders come to discuss tomorrow's ideas. If you live not to far from New York City, please join us in person. Kit Harington (Jon Snow on Game of Thrones) tells about how reading Testament of Youth in high school gave him a prior interest in Vera Brittain's story. Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times. Kit Harington said, I have spent a lot of time in the fantasy world with Game of Thrones, so I have loved playing a character that really existed in Testament of Youth. They are very different stylistically, but both have aspects of horror to them. Game of Thrones is very CGI and VFX heavy so many camera positions are fixed. You do a classic close up shot, then a medium shot, and then a wide shot. I found Testament of Youth offered more freedom as an actor. The camera moved a lot and I was fond of being in a more tangible world..