Curated by the IndieWire Crafts team, Craft Considerations is a platform for filmmakers to talk about work we believe is worthy of awards consideration. 

2024 EMMY SEASON


Walton Goggins as the noseless Ghoul on Fallout Prime Video
Director Jonathan Nolan, composer Ramin Djawadi, and cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh tell IndieWire how they achieved both the intimate and the epic on the Prime Video series.

Fallout on prime Video
Inside building the post-apocalyptic world of Prime Video’s drama with production design, VFX, and prosthetics.

Kate Winslet as Elena Vernham seated at a desk with a row of flags behind her in 'The Regime.'
Watch how production designer Kave Quinn, costume designer Consolata Boyle, and composers Alexandre Desplat and Alex Heffes all keep the world in Kate Winslet’s thrall on “The Regime.”

Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
Watch how the cinematography, production design, and hair and makeup teams discuss bringing balance to the forces of animation and live action in “Ahsoka.”

Loki Season 2 Tom Hiddleston, Ke Huy Quan, and Owen wilson stand together
Star Tom Hiddleston, directors / executive producers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, and production designer Kasra Farahani seized new opportunities to bring fresh depth to the series.

2023-24 FILM SEASON HIGHLIGHTS


Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,  Wētā FX
Craft Considerations
The VFX Oscar nominee boasts expressive and detailed animation for Rocket and Groot, plus a two-minute, single-shot, climactic battle.

VIEW ALL CRAFT CONSIDERATIONS


Tokyo Vice
Craft Considerations
For its second season, the Max drama became even more expansive in recreating Tokyo in the 1990s.
'3 Body Problem'
Craft Considerations
Production designer Deborah Riley, visual effects supervisor Stefen Fangmeier, sound designer Paula Fairfield, and composer Ramin Djawadi share how they crafted a consequential threat to human existence.
Walton Goggins as the noseless Ghoul on Fallout Prime Video
Craft Considerations
Director Jonathan Nolan, composer Ramin Djawadi, and cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh tell IndieWire how they achieved both the intimate and the epic on the Prime Video series.
Fallout on prime Video
Craft Considerations
Inside building the post-apocalyptic world of Prime Video’s drama with production design, VFX, and prosthetics.
Kate Winslet as Elena Vernham seated at a desk with a row of flags behind her in 'The Regime.'
Craft Considerations
Watch how production designer Kave Quinn, costume designer Consolata Boyle, and composers Alexandre Desplat and Alex Heffes all keep the world in Kate Winslet’s thrall on “The Regime.”
Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
Craft Considerations
Watch how the cinematography, production design, and hair and makeup teams discuss bringing balance to the forces of animation and live action in “Ahsoka.”
Loki Season 2 Tom Hiddleston, Ke Huy Quan, and Owen wilson stand together
Craft Considerations
Star Tom Hiddleston, directors / executive producers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, and production designer Kasra Farahani seized new opportunities to bring fresh depth to the series.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,  Wētā FX
Craft Considerations
The VFX Oscar nominee boasts expressive and detailed animation for Rocket and Groot, plus a two-minute, single-shot, climactic battle.
Leonardo DiCaprio and LIly Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon
Craft Considerations
Watch costume designer Jacqueline West, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and production designer Jack Fisk explore the visual language of “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in "Maestro"
Craft Considerations
Watch cinematographer Matthew Libatique, costume designer Mark Bridges, and production designer Kevin Thompson break down the cinematic movements of “Maestro.”
Fair Play
Craft Considerations
The first-time filmmaker behind the Netflix thriller took some big swings — here’s how they paid off.
Twisted Metal car designs Peacock series SweetTooth
Craft Considerations
Watch how production designer Victoria Paul and picture car coordinator Ty Guidroz crafted the deadly cars for the post-apocalyptic series.      
Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick lying down naked from the waist up in a field in "Saltburn"
Watch how director Emerald Fennell, editor Victoria Boydell, and production designer Suzie Davies built the Gothic romance that millennials deserve.
The members of Daisy Jones and the Six arranged in a tour bus looking towards the camera in an album cover pose.
Craft Considerations
Watch how the music, costume, and production design teams helped make it look like Daisy Jones and the Six were the best ’70s band you’ve never heard of.
'Deadliest Catch' Season 19
Craft Considerations
The editor and cinematographer break down how they turn 25,000 hours of footage into a compelling, cohesive story.
Aubrey Plaza in "The White Lotus" as Harper, standing in beach clothes in front of the ocean, hand on head and eyes closed like she has a headache.
Craft Considerations
Watch how the music, costume, and editing teams designed a Sicilian vacation to die for.
Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) sitting at her typewriter in her dorm room, gazing a typed sheet of paper in "Wednesday"
Craft Considerations
Watch how the production design, costume, and VFX teams built Nevermore Academy and made its students and teachers worthy opponents for Wednesday Addams.
'The Crown' Season 5
Craft Considerations
Watch the series’ craft team break down how they evolved to tell its Season 5 story about a royal family that refused to.
'Andor'
Craft Considerations
Watch actor Diego Luna and costume designer Michael Wilkinson break down how they found nuance and gravity in the origin story of Cassian Andor.
Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton and Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in 1923, streaming on Paramount+ 2022. Photo credit: James Minchin III/Paramount+
Craft Considerations
Costume designer Janie Bryant tells IndieWire about the wide array of cultures and traditions that informed the thousands of costumes in “1923.”
'White House Plumbers'
Craft Considerations
Watch how director David Mandel, production designer Anastasia White, and cinematographer Steven Meizler married slapstick, history, and the dark atmosphere of ’70s filmmaking.
House of the Dragon
Craft Considerations
Watch actor Paddy Considine, production designer Jim Clay, and costume designer Jany Temime break down Season 1.
A Spy Among Friends
Craft Considerations
Watch how composer Dustin O’Halloran layers paranoia and heartbreak into an experimental score that is anything but standard tradecraft.
Gabriel Basso bloodied from a stunt fight sequence on Netflix's The Night Manager
The Netflix series’ star Gabriel Basso and stunt coordinator Mike Mitchell told IndieWire about the combination of prep and spontaneity that made the fights so visceral.
PMC Logo
IndieWire is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2024 IndieWire Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved.