Creating the Landscape & Soundscape of Harriet's World
...a hundred miles on bare feet, as Young emphasizes, would also sound different than it does today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqoEs4cG6Uw&t=3s Blake Leyh, whose credits range between sound design, supervising sound editor, re-mixing, and a...
Frozen II Head of Special Effects Marlon West on the Sequel's Epic Ambitions
...visual language and style of storytelling of that world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syg1embpvgc In seeing the film, audiences engrossed in the story may not realize it, but the special effects department is the most engaged...
How Color and Cut Transformed the Characters of Little Women
...each sister while subliminally outlining their individuality and quirks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AST2-4db4ic&t=15s Costume design was led by Jacqueline Durran, who’s known for crafting elegant bespoke styles having worked on quintessential period films Pride &...
Oscar Watch: How Parasite’s Editor Helped Shape Thrilling Shifts in Tone
Palme d’Or winner and Best Picture Oscar contender Parasite shocked audiences this autumn on the strength of writer-director editor of Bong Joon-ho‘s meticulously constructed blend of comedy, melodrama and thriller elements. The...
Kylo Ren Taunts the Resistance in new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker TV Spot
...and future than they do. The first spot, “Secret,” is about the relationship between Kylo and Rey, which has been nearly as complicated and galactically important as the relationship between Darth Vader...
Sam Mendes & Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns on Their Epic WWI Drama 1917
...still under the ground. They’ll be there for hundreds of years before the ground will churn it all up. So, you have to find the equivalent landscape in the UK and we...
How Cinematographer Roger Deakins & Team Pulled off the One-Shot Masterpiece 1917
...the journey was established inside the studio, production moved to the locations to progress scenes further. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSjs2hBa94&t=8s Deakins used a Sony mirrorless alpha camera to mimic the frame of the main camera...
Best of 2019: Craig Mazin on Getting the Details Right for the Shocking Chernobyl
...the story of Chernobyl to the screen, how he went about writing the script, and what he learned from the process. Edited interview excerpts follow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8 You’ve done mostly comedies. How did...
Best of 2019: Breaking Down Three Key Scenes With Ad Astra's Editors
...just an opportunity to witness a little moon-based derring-do; it’s also deeply symbolic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiEYJ0gTcLY “The whole film itself is steeped in the idea that the further we venture out into space, the...
Sandler, the Safdie Brothers & Kevin Garnett Talk Uncut Gems
...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVyGCxHZ_Ko To prepare to play the manic, intense Howard, Sandler spent time around compulsive gamblers. “Once that little thing is in your head, there’s no stopping, no turning back, and that was...