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Cinematographers Roger Deakins, Hoyte Van Hoytema and Yves Bélanger on How to...
Perplexed about what makes great cinematography? Oscar nominee Roger Deakins and other top d.p.’s explain how they judge their category.
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Costume Designers on How they Pick the Oscar Winner for Costume Design
Costume designers Ruth Carter (“Selma”) and Janty Yates (Oscar winner for “Gladiator”) reveal how they judge a film’s wardrobe — and why costume designers see a movie very differently from almost...
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Variety Artisans: Oscar Ballot Guide – Visual Effects
Visual effects are often called a “tech” category, but after you look at the vfx Oscar nominees and hear from vfx supervisors Joe Letteri (“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”) and Paul Franklin...
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Variety Artisans: Oscar Ballot Guide – Film Editing
Film editing is one of the subtlest of cinema crafts; if you notice it, it’s probably not working. Oscar winning editors William Goldenberg, Joel Cox and Gary Roach explain good editing, bad editing,...
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How They Set the Stage For The Grammys
The sets for the Grammys have to be exciting for the live audience in cavernous Staples Center and look good in closeup on TV — for each of the 24 acts that plays during the show. Talent executive Ron...
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Joel McHale and ‘Community’ Creator Dan Harmon on Moving the Show to the...
“Community” creator Dan Harmon and star Joel McHale discuss the freedoms of working with Yahoo on the sixth season of their cult comedy.
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Vin Diesel: 7 Things You Don’t Know About Me
Vin Diesel offers up seven pieces of trivia about himself for Variety
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A Tour of The FX Shop of the Walking Dead
Makeup master, director and producer Greg Nicotero takes us behind the scenes at his f/x makeup studio to reveal how “The Walking Dead’s” biters get their trademark grimace.
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The Magic of Makeup – Christien Tinsley and “Olive Kitteridge”
HBO’s miniseries “Olive Kitteridge” is sure to be a major Emmy contender. The show’s makeup designer, Christien Tinsley, reveals the “magic tricks” that let characters seem to age 40 years before our...
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Patterns of Feeling – The Music of ‘American Crime’
Famed composer Mark Isham joins Elizabeth Wagmeister in the Variety newsroom to talk about the unique score for “American Crime” and why he and creator John Ridley chose a musical style no TV executive...
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George Miller on Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max director George Miller speaks to Variety about the long and winding journey to “Fury Road.”
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‘Anomalisa’- Sculpting Animated Characters with Carol Koch
Variety’s David Cohen goes to Starburns Industries, the company behind the stopmotion animated film “Anomalisa,” to learn about how sculptor Carol Koch turned sketches and directors’ notes into...
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The Hateful Eight Makeup and Hair, with Camille Friend and Heba Thorisdottir
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ takes place in a single day in the Old West, but it was shot over five months on a Colorado mountaintop. Variety’s Jenelle Riley spoke to department head hair...
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The Visual Effects of “The Martian”
‘The Martian’ has director Ridley Scott returning to the science fiction genre where he made his mark with “Alien” and “Blade Runner.” Visual effects supervisor Richard Stammers and virtual production...
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‘Jessica Jones’&‘Homeland’ Composer Sean Callery Profile
Sean Callery is the composer for many hit series, including ‘Homeland’ and Marvel’s neo-noir twist on superheroes, ‘Jessica Jones.’ Variety’s Steve Chagollan went to Callery’s studio to learn how he...
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