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Sunday, January 26, 2020

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Makeup FX Pros on Making Realistic Dead Bodies for WWI Movie ‘1917'

Variety: Prior to working on “1917,” special effects artist Tristan Versluis had designed no more than five or six corpses. But Sam Mendes, director of the WWI drama, which has garnered 10 Oscar nominations, needed Versluis, who picked up one of those noms in the hair and makeup category, to create 30 corpses and dead horses, all at different stages of decomposition.

Brainstorming meetings? Creative types are not into them

Quartz at Work: Perhaps more than any other category of professionals, creative types are expected to thrive in brainstorms. In the public’s imagination, their offices are filled with fidget toys and Post-it notes in an array of colors, all meant to absorb some of the energy of a group of fast-thinking, well-dressed hipsters deep in ideation mode.

How ‘West Side Story’ Was Reborn

The New York Times: The new “West Side Story” begins with nothingness: a huge black brick wall rising behind a cavernous blank stage. A group of young people enter, walking slowly, surveying the territory. They form a line at the lip of the stage and stare at the audience.

Filament Theatre's Forts! builds adventures, agency, and awareness

Performing Arts Feature | Chicago Reader: It could have been Lord of the Flies. Filament Theatre was giving over complete control of its space to a young audience for Forts! Build Your Own Adventure, an hour-long experiment in professionally designed creative play. Arming kids with boxes piled high to the ceiling, pillows, sheets, clothespins and flashlights—what could go wrong? Absolutely nothing. Hundreds of performances, and perhaps thousands of forts later, Filament has proven the value of trusting its young people with agency and influence in the world of its performances.

Costume Designer Clint Ramos Named 2020 USA Fellow

Live Design: Scenic/costume designer Clint Ramos is one of 50 artists selected as 2020 USA Fellows by United States Artists (USA). Selected across ten different disciplines, each of the 50 awardees receives an unrestricted $50,000 cash award, which honors their creative accomplishments and supports their ongoing artistic and professional development. Fellowships are given in architecture & design, craft, dance, film, media, music, theater & performance, traditional arts, visual art, and writing. Ramos is the sole theatre designer so honored in 2020.

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