Beyond Christopher Nolan: ‘First Man’ Redefines In-Camera VFX
Damien Chazelle’s space epic benefited from 90 minutes of rendered footage on a spherical LED screen while shooting in-camera with full-scale practical crafts.
Bill Desowitz
‘Venom’: Going to VFX Extremes to Animate Tom Hardy’s Unexpected Superhero
DNEG prepared for the final battle between Venom and Riot by tapping their inner symbiote, and the result was sheer “Looney Tunes.”
John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ Score Includes the Distorted Sound of Rubbing His Pant Leg
Carpenter scored the long-awaited showdown between Laurie and Michael Myers, which included some very strange sound samples.
‘First Man’: Shooting the Moon in IMAX to Heighten Neil Armstrong’s Death-Defying Journey
Damien Chazelle and cinematographer Linus Sandgren experimented with IMAX for Neil Armstrong’s historic moon landing as surreal poetry.
‘A Star Is Born’: Shooting Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Singing and Falling in Love
Cinematographer Matthew Libatique helped create “A Star Is Born” experience for both Cooper and Gaga with specific lighting motifs and up close and personal camera moves.
‘The Hate U Give’: Visualizing How Amandla Stenberg’s Starr Is Trapped Between Two Worlds
Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. devised different color palettes and camera movement, but also reshot scenes when Kian Lawley was replaced by K.J. Apa after making racial slurs.
‘Colette’: How Costumes Defined Keira Knightley as Both a Gender Rebel and a Fashion Icon
Costume designer Andrea Flesch’s almost obsessive attention to detail resulted in Knightley wearing authentic reproductions of Colette’s masculine-looking wardrobe.
‘The Old Man & the Gun’: Editing Robert Redford’s Last Role as Charming Bank Robber Forrest Tucker
Editor Lisa Zeno Churgin got to emphasize uncharacteristically long dialogue scenes for Redford in his final performance. “This is the first time that I have worked with a true movie star,” she said.
How Daniel Craig Engineered A Smart ‘Bond 25’ Finale with Director Cary Fukunaga
Craig has been wanting to do his own version of “From Russia with Love,” and now he’ll get the chance.
‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Preview: From Online Trolling to Disney Princesses
Disney’s latest animated Oscar contender explores internet culture as social satire and legacy building, says director Rich Moore.
Animation Is Film Festival Touts Indie Oscar Contenders
The second annual confab will premiere with “Mirai” from GKids and take place October 19 – 21 at the TCL Chinese in Hollywood.
‘The Sisters Brothers’: How Alexandre Desplat’s First Western Score Subverts the Genre
The two-time Oscar winner avoided all musical conventions and came up with a strange jazz combo for Jacques Audiard’s audacious western.
