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Craft | Technology, Sound and Set Design

(L-R): Taka (voiced by Kelvin Harrison Jr.), Sarabi (voiced by Tiffany Boone), Rafiki (voiced by Kagiso Lediga), and Mufasa (voiced by Aaron Pierre) in Disney’s live-action MUFASA: THE LION KING. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Circle of Life
MPC's Adam Valdez explains how the new Quad Cap mo-cap process added more humanlike qualities to an intimate Barry Jenkins film.
NICKEL BOYS, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, 2024. © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / courtesy Everett Collection
Ellis-Taylor and the crafts team talk creating her indelible performance as an anguished grandmother in RaMell Ross' adaptation of the Colson Whitehead novel.
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, 2024. ph: Macall Polay / © Searchlight Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection
Like a Rolling Stone
Production Designer François Audouy adopted a Dylan mantra for authentically recreating the Greenwich Village experience: "How does it feel?"
Mikey Madison in 'Anora'
Director of photography Drew Daniels tells IndieWire how he and director Sean Baker carefully crafted a visual style designed to give the impression of life happening on the fly.
'The Brutalist,' A24
Function Over Form
Production designer Judy Becker channeled Adrien Brody's Brutalist architect to create a towering building symbolizing his lived history and struggle.
GLADIATOR II, (aka GLADIATOR 2), Paul Mescal, 2024. ph: Aidan Monaghan  / © Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Interview
The composer tells IndieWire about his seventh collaboration with Ridley Scott and how he paid tribute to the "Gladiator" score by Hans Zimmer while still writing 100 minutes of new music.
'Wicked,' Chistery
Monkey Business
ILM's Pablo Helman tells IndieWire about crafting the painful transformation of Chistery and the rest of the monkeys in the Emerald City.
'Nosferatu' cinematographer Jarin Blaschke with Nicholas Hoult
Interview
Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke tells IndieWire, “There's an aversion to beauty and being earnest these days, a kind of a grunge going on. It’s nice to strive for beauty and have no embarrassment about it."
NOSFERATU, Lily-Rose Depp, 2024. ph: Aidan Monaghan / © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
Dressed to Thrill
Director Robert Eggers' longtime costume designer Linda Muir tells IndieWire about crafting costumes for Lily-Rose Depp — and making all the buttons.
'Better Man,' 'Rock DJ'
Monkey Business
Wētā FX VFX supervisor Luke Millar describes finding the right balance to represent Williams as a CG chimp and how it all came together for the spectacular "Rock DJ" musical sequence.
Lily-Rose Depp stars as Ellen Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2024 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
Filmmaker Interview
Images of the “Nosferatu” vampire are still under wraps, but Robert Eggers and prosthetic makeup designer David White break down the inspiration, process, and look for Skarsgard’s character. 
Drew Starkey and Daniel Craig in Queer
Interview
From '50s Mexico to the "overt wealth" of Zendaya's tennis coach, the Loewe creative director made a big splash with his first two films.
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