TheWrap Magazine
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How ‘A Friend of the Family’ Re-Created a Famous ’70s Idaho Kidnapping in Atlanta
TheWrap magazine: Production designer John D. Kretschmer talks about crafting the era-specific settings for Peacock’s “gut punch” miniseries
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How ‘The Fabelmans’ Pieced Together Steven Spielberg’s Childhood With Editors Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar
TheWrap magazine: The longtime Spielberg collaborators recall the filmmaker telling them to cut one scene “really poorly” for novice authenticity
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How ‘Tár’ Cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister Gave the Camera an ‘Observational Attitude’
TheWrap magazine: Florian Hoffmeister filmed Cate Blanchett from carefully chosen angles that create the spooky illusion that she is being watched at all times
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How the ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Cinematographer Made a World of Water
TheWrap magazine: Autumn Durald Arkapaw says director Ryan Coogler “wanted to make this deep-space kind of movie, underwater”
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From ‘The Whale’ to ‘Babylon,’ How Production Designers Created Power and Emotion Using Single Locations
Four renowned production designers talk about the challenge of building memorable sets, including a movie theater, hotel room and castle party
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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: How Costume Designer Shirley Kurata Outfitted the Multiverse
TheWrap Magazine: The designer drew from Michelle Yeoh’s filmography, Japanese fashion, sci-fi films and more to dress the breakout indie hit
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The Cinematography of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ — New Tech Meets Old Tricks
TheWrap magazine: “You could be on a set in the 1940s and see the same thing,” says cinematographer Russell Carpenter of some battle-tested techniques
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The Challenge of Creating the Look of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’: ‘It’s Designing an Entire Universe’
TheWrap magazine: “The tactical and logistical details were unbelievably difficult to figure out,” says production designer Dylan Cole
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Inside the Complexity of Editing ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
TheWrap magazine: “Every sequence is at the highest level of difficulty,” says editor Stephen Rivkin
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Every ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Costume Was Made in Real Life Before Being Scanned Into a Computer
TheWrap Magazine: Costume Designer Deborah L. Scott explains why it was crucial to create every piece of clothing and jewelry in physical form
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ VFX Team Reveals the Secret to One of the Film’s Most Eye-Popping Shots
TheWrap Magazine: The “Avatar” sequel’s VFX team explains how live-action photography was used in a shot of Jake Sully gripping a leather strap
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How ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Composer Simon Franglen Honored the Late James Horner
TheWrap magazine: “There’s no reason that a reef tribe would have the same sound (as a jungle tribe),” the composer says
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Sound Mixer Created Live Sound Design for the Actors During Mo-Cap Filming
TheWrap magazine: “A lot of what we did, nobody had done before,” Julian Howarth says
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Composer Carter Burwell Explains Why He Toned Down the ‘Irishness’ for His ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ Score
TheWrap magazine: Burwell received an Oscar nomination for his previous collaboration with director Martin McDonagh (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”)
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‘Retrograde’ Director Describes the ‘Sheer Scope of Desperation’ as Afghanistan Fell to the Taliban
TheWrap magazine: “I had to keep wiping my tears off my camera lens,” says Oscar-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land,” “A Private War”)
