Michael Ahr Jun 7, 2019
What We Do in the Shadows cinematographer DJ Stipsen and visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor share how they created the show’s look.
The 2014 New Zealand film What We Do in the Shadows was an immediate audience favorite when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, so it's no surprise that FX scooped up the television rights and hired the writing and directing team of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement for an episodic reimagining. The original cinematographer DJ Stipsen also made the transition to the small screen, and he and Mavericks VFX's visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor talked to us about creating the show's signature look.
This podcast version of the interview we published at the time of the finale shares a lot more detail about how the world of this vampire comedy had to be created with such subtlety that it should almost be unnoticeable. "That's...
What We Do in the Shadows cinematographer DJ Stipsen and visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor share how they created the show’s look.
The 2014 New Zealand film What We Do in the Shadows was an immediate audience favorite when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, so it's no surprise that FX scooped up the television rights and hired the writing and directing team of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement for an episodic reimagining. The original cinematographer DJ Stipsen also made the transition to the small screen, and he and Mavericks VFX's visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor talked to us about creating the show's signature look.
This podcast version of the interview we published at the time of the finale shares a lot more detail about how the world of this vampire comedy had to be created with such subtlety that it should almost be unnoticeable. "That's...
- 6/7/2019
- Den of Geek
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