LIGHTS, CAMERA, MAC-TION Stranger Things is synonymous with thrilling sequences, and season 5 is no different. DP Caleb Heymann explains how the major Mac-Z showdown in “Chapter 4: The Sorcerer” came together. For the big action sequence in the Mac-Z at the end of “Chapter 4: The Sorcerer”, we used the ARRI Alexa 35 with … Read more
Since 2012, VES Award-winning studio PFX has delivered visual effects for projects from Napoleon to Stranger Things, but a thriller set inside a car is a first. For the new feature Locked, 75 PFX artists created 750 unique VFX shots in just four months — including the digital doubles, environments and green screen compositing needed to … Read more
The cinematographer’s credits include the features Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Minari and the Netflix series Stranger Things. Born in South Australia, new ASC member Lachlan Milne grew up on film sets, as his father was a director and his mother was an editor. What stood out to him the most, he says, was “just how wonderful, mad, kind, accepting and skilled … Read more
From the interstellar landscape of Cowboy Bebop and the ravenous vampires of Blood Red Sky to the exploding underground reactor in Stranger Things 3, Netflix want to delight their members by pushing the boundaries of visual effects. Hence, they have announced their plans to acquire Scanline VFX. Scanline was founded in 1989 and is now led by Stephan Trojansky, a … Read more
Netflix’s wildly-popular, horror fantasy series, Stranger Things, has returned for its third run, featuring aesthetic and technical differences that move the show into new territory. Partnering since the first episode, with the show’s writers/directors – brothers Matt and Ross Duffer – was director of photography Tim Ives ASC. Together, the filmmaking team hit upon a … Read more