How Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Young Pope’ Boldly Takes Us Inside the Vatican
For the HBO series, Emmy-contender cinematographer Luca Bigazzi created strong visual contrasts to recreate the mystery of the Vatican.
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The Creepy Emmy Contenders of ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Legion,’ and ‘Westworld’
Among those under consideration are the VFX behind exploding kitchens, faceless boogeymen, and that Salvador Dali-like spider.
‘Transformers: The Last Knight’: How Michael Bay and ILM Created Complex New Medieval Bots
Industrial Light & Magic riffs on King Arthur in the fifth “Transformers” installment, with firebreather Dragonstorm, Cybertron Quintessa and automaton butler Cogman.
How Screaming Beatlemania Comes Alive in Ron Howard’s ‘Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years’
The sound editing philosophy for Ron Howard’s Hulu Beatles Emmy contender was to keep it authentically retro.
‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’: Designing Neil Patrick Harris’ Tour-de-Force Transformation Into Count Olaf
Director Barry Sonnenfeld encouraged a vaudevillian vibe to the sets and makeup for this dark and grim Netflix series.
How Editors of ‘The Crown,’ ‘American Gods,’ and ‘This Is Us’ Achieved Emotional Power
Here’s how editors dealt with history, mythology, and flashbacks in “The Crown,” “American Gods,” “This Is Us,” Fargo,” and “Five Came Back.”
How New Pixar Short ‘Lou’ Stretches the Limits of Animation
With its follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Piper,” Pixar conquered a unique animation problem with a wacky pile of lost and found items that achieve a memorable metamorphosis.
‘Stranger Things’: How the Duffers Created Their Scary The Upside Down
The dark dimension of the Duffer Brothers’ Emmy-contender sci-fi series was made through a hybrid of past and present crafts wizardry.
‘Westworld’: How Elastic Created Those Spectacular Main Titles
Elastic could follow their Emmy win for “The Man in the High Castle” with another one for the even more ambitious main title design for “Westworld.”
Costumes Mean Power in ‘The Crown,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ and ‘Feud’
In some of the top shows this season, costume designers made the political personal.
‘American Gods’: How They Crafted Superhero TV for Adults
The Starz adaption of Neil Gaiman’s epic fantasy novel offers a unique visual feast, with Emmy-contending costume design and cinematography.
‘Wonder Woman’: Inside the VFX That Allowed Emotion to Rule Pivotal ‘No Man’s Land’ Battle
A little VFX goes a long way during Gal Godot’s big superhero reveal as Wonder Woman in the exceptional World War I trench battle.
