Craig Mazin

Frozen in Time.

Frozen in Time.

What we wanted to feel was... Ellie aching for Joel there. That she had had this night before where her heart explodes into romance and she has this beautiful morning with Dina. And as she walks away from Dina, even before the scene, Dina's like, Ellie, and just grins at her and she grins back. It's love. And then, first of all, credit to Neil because there were a lot of different options here.

What we wanted to feel was... Ellie aching for Joel there. That she had had this night before where her heart explodes into romance and she has this beautiful morning with Dina. And as she walks away from Dina, even before the scene, Dina's like, Ellie, and just grins at her and she grins back. It's love. And then, first of all, credit to Neil because there were a lot of different options here.

And I was sort of going down a different path of what... Ellie would play. But Neil made a great argument that shorter is better because we've already seen Ellie play a full song and it's not like she's playing to anyone here. And that this phrase would have a deeper meaning. And of course, we will see how that develops. And that was absolutely the right call on both sides of it.

And I was sort of going down a different path of what... Ellie would play. But Neil made a great argument that shorter is better because we've already seen Ellie play a full song and it's not like she's playing to anyone here. And that this phrase would have a deeper meaning. And of course, we will see how that develops. And that was absolutely the right call on both sides of it.

But as the camera's moving around and we're looking for A way to imply that the darkness inside of Ellie is reemerging, that need to punish. This very strange thing happened in the editing room. So I'm watching this with Tim Good, our editor. And as the camera moves around, there's this low bass rumble that begins. And then it finishes as the camera moves.

But as the camera's moving around and we're looking for A way to imply that the darkness inside of Ellie is reemerging, that need to punish. This very strange thing happened in the editing room. So I'm watching this with Tim Good, our editor. And as the camera moves around, there's this low bass rumble that begins. And then it finishes as the camera moves.

And I said, Tim, that bass rumble that you put in is genius. And he turned to me and he said, I didn't put a bass rumble in. What are you talking about? That came from two doors down where Emily Mendez was working on editing the seventh episode and happened to have this very bassy thing happen that went through the walls. I kid you not. Shut your mouth. I kid you not. And I was like, what?

And I said, Tim, that bass rumble that you put in is genius. And he turned to me and he said, I didn't put a bass rumble in. What are you talking about? That came from two doors down where Emily Mendez was working on editing the seventh episode and happened to have this very bassy thing happen that went through the walls. I kid you not. Shut your mouth. I kid you not. And I was like, what?

So we went down the hallway, got the sound, went back, put it in. And then when we went to the mixing stage, we were like, guys, you hear this sound? This. This is what we're putting in there. It's one of those moments I love being able to not... The only credit I can take is going... Identify the happy accident as happy. Other than that, it was the happiest accident.

So we went down the hallway, got the sound, went back, put it in. And then when we went to the mixing stage, we were like, guys, you hear this sound? This. This is what we're putting in there. It's one of those moments I love being able to not... The only credit I can take is going... Identify the happy accident as happy. Other than that, it was the happiest accident.

You dream of moments like that where some little bit of serendipity drops a gift in your hands. Because serendipity... Unhappy serendipity occurs all the time, all the time. You need to shoot outside, it's raining. This was one of those moments where I was just like, oh my God.

You dream of moments like that where some little bit of serendipity drops a gift in your hands. Because serendipity... Unhappy serendipity occurs all the time, all the time. You need to shoot outside, it's raining. This was one of those moments where I was just like, oh my God.

And it's crucial because we need to understand that Ellie is turning here, not into zombie turning, turning into dark Avenger Ellie. It's not all happiness and light. She remembers, she took a break. She enjoyed herself. She saw something positive and beautiful. Break is over.

And it's crucial because we need to understand that Ellie is turning here, not into zombie turning, turning into dark Avenger Ellie. It's not all happiness and light. She remembers, she took a break. She enjoyed herself. She saw something positive and beautiful. Break is over.

That is a theater in Vancouver. that we found that is so close to the one in the game. A ton of credit to Alex Wong and our VFX team and all of our vendors for very subtly aging it. There's some subtle aging going on because we couldn't mess their carpets up. We couldn't mess their seats up or their walls. But we also wanted to imply that this was fairly well preserved.

That is a theater in Vancouver. that we found that is so close to the one in the game. A ton of credit to Alex Wong and our VFX team and all of our vendors for very subtly aging it. There's some subtle aging going on because we couldn't mess their carpets up. We couldn't mess their seats up or their walls. But we also wanted to imply that this was fairly well preserved.

This was kind of a tomb that had been left untouched. a safe haven for Dina and Ellie.

This was kind of a tomb that had been left untouched. a safe haven for Dina and Ellie.