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‘Zootopia 2’ Director Byron Howard & Animation Supervisor Adam Green On Animating Gary De’Snake In A Realistic Way – The Process
For Disney’s long anticipated sequel to 2016’s Zootopia, director Byron Howard needed some new ideas for characters and the technology to make them come to life. When Gary De’Snake came in for Zootopia 2, animated by animation supervisor Adam Green, there came a technical challenge to keep the…
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‘F1’ Director Joseph Kosinski & Editor Stephen Mirrione On Editing With Footage Of Races: “There’s Nothing Like A Real Formula 1 Race” – The Process
When putting together F1, director Joseph Kosinski made the decision to use over 20 cameras to capture every detail of the races. This led to over 5,000 hours of footage for editor Stephen Mirrione and his team to sort through.
“The first time you told me that you had arranged that we would be…
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‘Wake Up Dead Man’s Rian Johnson & Cinematographer Steve Yedlin On Using “Natural Light Shifts” For A More Gothic Tone – The Process
For Wake Up Dead Man, the third film in Rian Johnson's Knives Out series, Johnson says the movie has “a different tone and palette. It's a little more gothic and moodier in its tone, so that defined a lot." He worked closely with longtime collaborator and cinematographer Steve Yedlin to achieve the…
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‘After The Hunt’ Production Designer Stefano Baisi On Creating “Layers Of History” To Match The Apartment Of An “Academic Elite”
For Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt, many of the integral scenes of the film take place in Alma’s expansive apartment. Production designer Stefano Baisi’s job was to design the apartment in a way that matched the aesthetic of the educated elite, while also bringing a sense of history to pair with…
How Production Designer Fiona Crombie Re-Created Shakespeare’s Iconic Theater With A “Rough And Rustic” Aesthetic For ‘Hamnet’
When director Chloé Zhao was planning out the scenes in the Globe Theatre for Hamnet, production designer Fiona Crombie says there were more than a couple of reasons they couldn’t film in the actual location. Not only is the Globe still an active theater, but it now looks different from how it would…
Chloé Zhao & Affonso Gonçalves On Editing The Play To “Weave Towards A Catharsis” For The Ending Of ‘Hamnet’
As the co-editors of Hamnet, Affonso Gonçalves and director Chloé Zhao say they found the ending of the film to be the most difficult to put together. Not necessarily just because they wanted an emotionally powerful ending, but also because Zhao decided to film much more of Hamlet than is shown on…
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‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Cinematographer Yûichi Terao On Developing The Visuals Of The Infinity Castle “To Withstand The Big Screen”
With how popular the Demon Slayer anime and the previous film Demon Slayer: Mugen Train have been, it’s no surprise that the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle was met with just as enthusiastic a reception. As the cinematographer for both the series and the films, Yûichi Terao worked to blend 2D…
‘Wicked: For Good’s Jon M. Chu & Costume Designer Paul Tazewell On “Giving Elphaba Dignity” Through Her Outfits – The Process
After winning the Oscar last year for his work as the costume designer for Wicked, Paul Tazewell’s work on Wicked: For Good is clearly going to draw comparisons to his previous work. Working closely with director Jon M. Chu, the pair was able to successfully continue Elphaba’s “costume journey”…
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Cinematography Oscar Shortlist: ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Bugonia’ & ‘Marty Supreme’ With Familiar Names; ‘Sinners’, ‘Train Dreams’ & Others Bring Fresh Faces
Every year, the Academy members vote to create a shortlist of eligible films in certain categories. Crafts take up a good portion of the 12 categories that make up the shortlist, especially with this year’s addition of the cinematography and casting categories.
16 films advanced in the…
How Production Designer Nathan Crowley Wove Together Trees And Made A Castle Float To Expand The World Of Oz In ‘Wicked: For Good’
As the returning production designer from the first film, Nathan Crowley had a lot of new areas to explore in Wicked: For Good. From the seemingly floating castle Kiamo Ko to Elphaba’s forest hideaway, and even new locations within The Emerald City like Glinda’s apartment, Crowley’s work in the…
Songwriters Ed Sheeran & Blake Slatkin On Blending Story With “Uplifting, Euphoric Rock” For ‘F1’ Song “Drive” – The Process
When they were approached to write a song for F1, songwriters Ed Sheeran and Blake Slatkin were excited to create something as energetic and high octane as the film itself.
"Jerry [Bruckheimer] and Joe [Kosinski] had us over to his office, and we saw it on the full screen, and we got the…
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How Writer-Director Rian Johnson & Cinematographer Steve Yedlin Went “Theatrical With Natural Light Shifts” For ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
For Wake Up Dead Man, the third film in Rian Johnson's Knives Out series, the tone and palette shift created a major change in how the cinematography was done. "The movie has a different tone and palette," says Johnson. "It's a little more gothic and moodier in its tone, so that defined a…