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The Handmaid’s Tale — Cinematographer Nicola Daley, ASC
The Handmaid’s Tale Cinematographer Nicola Daley ASC recently conducted a fantastic interview with the American Society of Cinematographers. Nicola is a brilliant director of photography, you can see her exemplary work in Season 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale (MGM/HULU) and the upcoming season 2 of Halo (Paramount). Check out the interview below, and pay attention to the shout out and storyboard tease at the 20:00 minute mark!
Article on The ASC website
American Society of Cinematographers on Vimeo
michael DERRAH WINS DGC AWARD (2022)
THANK YOU DGC!
Michael Derrah has won a DGC award for his work on David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” (2022). Michael worked as a concept artist, assisting Carol Spier in designing various sets in the film.
The Handmaid's Tale - Interview with Michael Derrah
The Handmaid's Tale: Above the Garage
Today, we have the amazing opportunity to chat with Michael Derrah, who draws all the incredible storyboards for The Handmaid’s Tale. We talked to Derrah about his passion for all things artistic, his sudden and fascinating journey from a friend’s couch to drawing storyboards for Game of Thrones, and ultimately to finding a home in the art department of The Handmaid’s Tale. Join us as we imbibe lots of caffeine (some more shameful than others) and chat about a wide range of topics from Handmaids to Comic Cons to traveling.
And find Derrah on Instagram @Derrah to check out his original artwork for The Handmaid’s Tale as well as Star Trek Origins, Saw Spiral, both It movies, Game of Thrones and more! And after you’ve fallen in love with his drawings there, go look for his graphic novel, Our War, which you can purchase on CredibleThreatPress.com.
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3 part interview with THE CREATIVE BRICK ROAD PODCAST:
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Michael Derrah works as a Storyboard Artist, Illustrator and Designer for Tier A Feature Film and Television. Michael is also an aspiring independent film director, and graphic novelist. Michael has contributed to two seasons of the international phenomenon Game of Thrones (HBO), Four seasons of the critically acclaimed and award winning The Handmaid’s Tale (MGM HULU) and the blockbuster IT: Chapters One & Two (Warner Bros.) the highest grossing horror film of all time. Michael has also worked in advertising, illustrating the Nokia commercial tie-in for the upcoming James Bond film No Time To Die (MGM). Michael began his film career by co-directing and storyboarding two feature length test films for an Amazon Studios spec film contest (2011-2012), both of which won the “best feature length film” category, with 250k USD in combined prize money. Michael holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts - Animation (2010), and is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada (2015) as 1st Assistant Art Director (as of 2019).
GAME OF THRONES STORYBOARD ARTIST MICHAEL DERRAH TALKS PLANNING
GOT SEASON 6
by Dan Selcke
It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a lot of filmmaking professionals to make a season of Game of Thrones. We’re familiar with some of the big behind-the-scenes names—David Benioff, Dan Weiss, Miguel Sapochnik, etc. But also in the mix are people like artist Michael Derrah, who storyboarded parts of the most recent season.
“Really, a picture is worth a thousand words,” Derrah said to Our London. “The storyboard is basically like watching the movie before you go out and make it with all the resources, it’s a quick way for the director to visualize what he wants to shoot with the cameras, as well as communicate with everybody instead of having to describe every scene.”
Being obsessed with film, I got a good sense of the editing, cinematography, acting, and shot composition. When I was little, I was always drawing my own comic books or sketching, so my favourite movies always had a comic book vibe to them, and most were larger than life.
Derrah hadn’t worked on Game of Thrones before being brought on for Season 6, although he was a big fan. When he was asked to help out, he “had a total meltdown. I was freaking out — but in a good way.” You can see the fruits of his labors in “No One,” where Arya has her final confrontation with the Waif.
I did a lot of extensive work on the chase scene . . . it was a pretty important sequence and really showed Arya coming into her own. It was incredible, but it was also such a surreal experience, it didn’t even seem like I was working at all. That was my first taste of Game of Thrones, but hopefully it won’t be the last.
Check out more of Derrah’s work here. Interestingly, these storyboards are different from the ones HBO has up on its Making Game of Thrones blog. Check out a sampling of those below.
I’m not sure if Derrah did all of these, or if HBO used multiple storyboard artists for the same scene. On a show as big as Game of Thrones, it’s certainly possible.
Will Derrah be back for Season 7? Notably, he got the Season 6 gig through director Mark Mylod, with whom he worked on Fox’s Minority Report. (That show was cancelled several episodes in, but we won’t hold it against him.) Mylod, who directed “No One” and “The Broken Man,” is returning to direct episodes of Season 7. Derrah could very well return with him.
FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://winteriscoming.net
