10 Cloverfield Lane and the Year of J.J. Abrams
...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkFcHUvyJ-k After much speculation and hype, the title was eventually revealed to be Cloverfield, a found footage apocalyptic horror film helmed by Matt Reeves and written by The Martian’s Drew Goddard. Cloverfield...
Not Just For Kids: Best Animated Feature Nominees
...computer generated and traditional hand drawn animation, qualifying it as one of the most diverse categories of recent years. And while much of the Oscar buzz is centered around films of the...
Our Long-Standing Love Affair With Alien Invasion Films
...the heck we keep defeating the ones that mean us harm. The War of the Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGWG2_PB_Q The 1898 alien invasion novel by the English author H.G.Wells spawned many adaptations. The most...
Know Your Oscar Nominees: Visual Effects Supervisors
...this may be one of the few categories The Revenant doesn’t stand much of a chance in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNWi-ZWL3c It was difficult to turn around without hearing someone rave about Mad Max: Fury...
Know Your Oscar Nominees: Film Editors
Looks like it’s part III of our technical guide to the Oscars, with ground to cover even after our breakdowns of the sound mixing and editing category and costume designers. This time around,...
Kung Fu Panda 3 Editor Clare Knight Builds a Trilogy and a Family
...particularly in animation, you have to build the movie, so you have this encyclopedic knowledge of every sound effect. When we were looking for the sound for baby Po I found that...
The Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2016
...– April 8 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-mp77SZ_0M Karyn Kusama, the wildly underrated director of films like Girlfight and the vastly misunderstood Jennifer’s Body has a new horror offering with her hellish dinner party film...
Showrunner Kahane Cooperman on Amazon's The New Yorker Presents
...a little bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuDP99eGo2w How did you come to be showrunner? I had worked at The Daily Show for more than 18 years. It was a fantastic 12-week gig that turned into...
Zootopia Animator Darrin Butters on Drawing From Disney's Rich Heritage
...Disney’s rich heritage, the benefits of CGI animation and his side gig as a warm-up guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWM0ct-OLsM Zootopia is such a richly drawn world: did you enjoy having a blank canvas to...
Mr. Robot Production Designer on Show's Sinister Looks
...talked to production designer Matt Munn about making coding come to life, trying to show the real New York and working on Girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL1zlyRdAZM What were the initial discussions and inspirations you...