The production process, from script to screen…
… which – bonus – also doubles as a wonderful motion graphics piece, co-created by regular Vox video-maker, Estelle Caswell. It’s part of a larger, more detailed case study of TV series The Americans.
There’s even a quick mention of the VFX work required for the screens in the background of a scene (an element of post-production covered in more detail in its own episode) in this look at How A TV Show gets made:
Further Viewing
We examine various techniques Vox employs in their motion design and infographics videos:
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