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In this episode, Christina sits down with still photographer Lou Bopp. Lou never went to photography school. He grew up in St. Louis obsessed with the Magnum photographers (Elliott Erwitt, Sebastião Salgado, James Nachtwey) but didn't think he could do it professionally. That changed when he happened to be visiting a friend in Germany the week the Berlin Wall came down. He stepped through a ho...

In this episode, Christina sits down with lead sculptor Alexander Sherrod. Alex grew up in New Orleans obsessed with Ghostbusters. As a kid, he'd stuff Play-Doh figures with fireworks and film them blowing up. After Hurricane Katrina, he moved home and got a job at Mardi Gras World, where he was sculpting floats within months. A decade later, a cold call landed him his first film gig — Barry J...

In this episode, Christina sits down with storyboard artist James Doh. James originally studied automotive design before two of his professors, both concept artists, pulled him into the film industry. His first job was at the legendary main title company Imaginary Forces, where he worked on David Fincher's Seven. He's since spent three decades storyboarding for directors including David Fi...

In this episode, Christina sits down with stop motion animator Sarah de Gaudemar. Sarah grew up in the Midwest, where the entertainment industry felt impossibly far away. She found stop motion in college and broke into the industry on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch in the mid-90s. She's since animated for some of the most iconic stop motion features and series of the past three decades, includ...

In this episode, Christina sits down with Oscar-nominated production designer Fiona Crombie. Fiona trained as a theatre designer in Sydney, spent ten years in Australian theatre, then crossed into film through her longtime collaborator Justin Kurzel — first on commercials and music videos, then on his debut feature, The Snowtown Murders. She's since designed films for directors including Yorgo...

In this episode, Christina sits down with costume designer Blair James. Blair never planned to be a costume designer. She was an acting student dressing a college musical because the production couldn't afford one. The costumes won her a national award. A few years of LA celebrity styling later, she got the call to costume design Obsession — her first feature. She walks us through it all: blin...

In this episode, Christina sits down with gaffer Julian White. Julian started out as a painter. Thirty years later, he's lit films for Werner Herzog, Ridley Scott, Robert Eggers, and John M. Chu — including The Martian, Crazy Rich Asians, and Rescue Dawn. He walks us through it all: three months of chaos in Thailand with Werner Herzog on Rescue Dawn, what it's like to light fire-only sets...

In this episode, Christina sits down with Oscar-winning filmmaker and concept artist Brandon Oldenburg. After watching Raiders of the Lost Ark in third grade, Brandon went home, bought a used Super 8, and started making movies. Decades later, he co-founded Reel FX in 1995, Moonbot Studios in 2009, and Flight School in 2017 — picking up an Academy Award along the way for The Fantastic Flying Books...

In this episode, Christina sits down with scenic painter Rut Villamagna to explore the meticulous craft behind some of cinema's most iconic creatures, props, and worlds. After getting her start on Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth in Madrid and later relocating to London, Rut has spent two decades transforming raw materials into believable reality — sculpting chrome for Star Wars, p...

In this episode, Christina sits down with large-format printing expert Bob Joyce of Underground Visuals to unpack the invisible craft behind some of the most iconic sets in television. With decades in the industry and credits spanning from Saturday Night Live to Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Kelly Clarkson Show, Bob shares what it really means to work in high-speed, large-scale production. H...

In this episode, Christina sits down with legendary script supervisor Steve Gehrke to unpack the invisible craft that holds films together. With over 40 years in the industry and credits spanning from Memento to The Dark Knight, Tenet, and Euphoria, Steve shares what it really means to be a script supervisor — and why he considers himself a filmmaker first. He breaks down how he approaches a scrip...

In this episode, we sit down with makeup department head Tegan Taylor to explore the craft, innovation, and collaboration behind creating character through makeup in film and television. Tegan shares how her path into the industry began at a young age, growing up surrounded by film and theater in Los Angeles, and breaks down what it really means to be a makeup artist at the highest level. From run...

In this episode, we sit down with prop maker and model maker Steve Deahl to explore the craft, philosophy, and collaboration behind building the physical worlds we see on screen. Steve shares how his path into film began through model making and commercials, and breaks down what a prop maker actually does on set. From creating objects that don’t exist and translating drawings into tangible pieces,...

In this episode, we sit down with intimacy coordinator Chala Hunter to explore the craft, care, and collaboration behind filming intimate scenes for screen. Chala shares how her path into film and television and breaks down what an intimacy coordinator actually does on set. From advocating for performers and navigating boundaries to shaping choreography, closed set protocols, and emotional continu...

In this episode, we sit down with Art Director Jeremy W. Foil to explore the collaborative craft of production design and how spaces on screen help shape story, character, and emotion. Jeremy shares how he got his start, what an art director actually does, and how his background in dance continues to inform the way he thinks about movement, form, and space. From Broadway to television and film, th...

In this episode, we sit down with Sound Designer, Jacob Ribicoff, to explore the invisible craft of sound and how it shapes what we feel, even when we don’t realize it. Jacob shares how he got his start, what sound designers actually do, and how sound can completely transform an image. From building the eerie sonic world of Lumon in Severance to crafting grounded, emotional realism in Manchester b...