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"I really wanted to be lead editor on this, because I loved it so much," says Silo editor Hazel Baillie. "I loved episode one so much, but I also thought for a big sci-fi show, it's not common [to have] a female lead editor." Apple TV+'s Silo takes place in a dystopian future where a community of…

As the hair and makeup designer of The Crown for four seasons, Cate Hall has seen her work evolve over the course of the series. "We really consciously cycled through the eras, even within one season," she says. "We were almost modern by the end of season 6, so as we were going along, you're seeing…

"An interesting thing about this limited series is that it chronicles this woman's life," says cinematographer Jason Oldak. "Even the episodes that Zack and I did… they're in different places in her life and substantial things happen, and I think it gave us the freedom to give our own voice while keeping…

"The more I researched the game, the more excited I got about the prospect of working in that world and doing something like this," says Fallout costume designer Amy Westcott. "I was up for the challenge of making it good enough for the fans, for the gamers, for the people who are really into…

“Every season of Game Changer, I get a little more nervous because I know we’re always trying to raise the bar,” says Game Changer editor Sam Geer. “It’s like, ‘How high can you raise the bar before it’s insurmountable?’ But we keep meeting our own goals, so hopefully whatever comes next will be a…

“I do have a very, very fast turnaround in Hollywood,” says hair department head Moira Frazier. “I can do it in a day. Same-day hairlines for me.” That level of skill was essential for this season, when the resolution of the cameras was upgraded to 8K. “I had to make sure that every wig that I…

"The interesting thing for me, creatively for 3 Body Problem, was that there was a wide range of work," says VFX supervisor Stefan Fangmeier. “There was a little bit of everything – we did the VR game, we did other recreations, obviously slicing the tanker, but there was also a little bit of creature work…

"The most important thing was for me just understanding the Japanese aesthetic," says costume designer Carlos Rosario. "[It was about] respecting the Japanese culture, being as accurate as possible and understanding the language of the clothing of that period." Based on the 1975 James Clavell novel, S…

"The real Metropol hotel was built in 1905, and they took five years to build it," says production designer Víctor Molero. "Of course, we didn't build the whole hotel, but we built many different places, and we built it in five months." Based on the novel by Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow stars…

"I was a bad student of classical piano because I would start changing stuff, so I think in that sense I was always kind of 'composing' when I was a horrible student," jokes composer Takeshi Furukawa. "For classical music, you have to be faithful to the composer's intent… and I was not that."  Based…

“There’s a lot of very tense, heavy scenes with a lot of dialogue,” says cinematographer Natalie Kingston. “A lot of the times, it was about restraint. It was about not moving the camera and just letting the audience sit uncomfortably in this tense, awkward, creepy conversation… Sometimes when you don’t…

“[Main title sequences are] a way in, and a way to separate where you’re headed from where you've been,” says main title director Chet Hirsch. “I love that idea of it serving as an overture, and trying to make it [so] you really enjoy how you reach this story that you're ready to see.” Guillermo del T…