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Sarah Shachat

Associate Craft Editor
Sarah Shachat is a writer from New Orleans, now living in New York City. She is the Associate Craft Editor at IndieWire, where she looks at the artistic choices behind building great television series and films. She also helps produce and host the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, along with other special projects focused on filmmaking.
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Mike James Gallagher and Johnnie Burn sat at a sound board discussing the design of 'The Zone of Interest'
Mike James Gallagher tells IndieWire about his video series on how great sound design comes together.
Image of the 'Arcane' Season 2 Blu-Ray and Steelbook releases, showing images of Jinx (Ella Purnell), graffiti from the series, and Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) on the covers.
Getting Animated
GKIDS Director of Home Entertainment Alison Kozberg and Director of Production Jorge Soto tell IndieWire about keeping the art of bonus features alive in the "Arcane: League of Legends" Season 1 release.
LOST, Emilie De Ravin, Dominic Monaghan, 'Tabula Rasa', (season 1), 2004-2010. photo: Mario Perez / © ABC / Courtesy: Everett Collection
Listen Together, Die Alone
IndieWire asked Michael Giacchino about the "Shannonigans" that went into composing music for the series and some "Parting Words" on its legacy.
A black and white image of men lined up in a factory hall from Episode 5 of Season 2 of 'Pachinko'
Not So Black and White
Showrunner Soo Hugh tells IndieWire about the stylistic and formal choices the show made to honor the importance of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
A hand-drawn rat is tossed through a completely white background as part of the opening titles of 'The Decameron'
Begin at the Beginning
Mark Bashore and Katrina Crawford, creative directors of Plains of Yonder, tell IndieWire the tips and trends for making great television opening credit sequences.
Ify Nwadiwe, Carl Tart, and Zeke Nicholson stand at the 'Make Some Noise' podiums, Ify and Zeke looking at Carl in the center.
Getting Animated
Motion graphics designer Bill Bergen and director/editor Sam Geer tell IndieWire about the touches that give Dropout's series an extra comedic kick.
SHOGUN -- A Stick of Time -- Episode 7 (Airs April 2)  Pictured:   Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji.  CR: Katie Yu/FX
Michelle K. Sugihara, executive director of the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, tells IndieWire about CAPE's work mentoring AAPI writers and executives and consulting on big-budget series like "Shōgun."
Cinematographer Rina Yang on the set of director Rachel Morrison's THE FIRE INSIDE. An Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo Credit: Sabrina Lantos © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Cinematographers with films playing at TIFF share the cameras and lenses they used for their projects.
An image of a Canon camera body, mount, and lens, each broken out a few inches in front of each other.
Camera's Action
Canon's EOS C80 is designed especially for filmmakers who need to work in a wide range of lighting conditions.
The emmy Award trophy
2024 Emmy Awards
FX wins big with "Shōgun" and "The Bear," while Benj Pasek and Justin Paul officially EGOT'd with "Only Murders in the Building."
ALIEN: ROMULUS, from left: Archie Renaux, Cailee Spaeny, 2024. © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection
For production designers, creating a spaceship leads to a host of interesting challenges, from the practical to the esoteric.
Queer
Interview
Acting coach Terry Knickerbocker tells IndieWire about the preparation that went into Daniel Craig's performance in the new Luca Guadagnino film.
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