Description
For our latest fxpodcast, we’re heading back into the Upside Down with a deep dive into the visual planning behind the final season of Stranger Things.
Joining us is Jordan Nounnan from Proof, who supervised the previs and postvis work across the show. Over nearly two years of production, Jordan and the team helped shape the season from its earliest conceptual stages right through to final visual effects integration.
Proof delivered close to 1,900 shots, covering everything from creature attacks and military battles to vehicle chases, dimensional environments, and large-scale destruction sequences. Their work wasn’t just about blocking action, it was about defining how the story would be seen, building camera language, staging, and rhythm well before cameras rolled, and then carrying that intent through editorial with postvis.
0:00 Intro
0:33 When did you get involved?
2:41 Working with other departments
4:18 File formats and tools
5:53 Round tripping
6:54 The pipeline and the process
9:21 From Previz to Postviz
10:36 Number of shots
11:12 Gaussian Splats
16:09 Managing assets
17:19 How much Postviz is enough?
21:46 Size of the team
22:11 Jordan's background
23:48 Getting the visual language right for the series
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