The original plan was for us to direct all the episodes this season.
If there was ever a time when we were overwhelmed, this was it.
If you watch movies, chances are good youve probably seen and enjoyed a Shawn Levy film.
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He directedNight at the Museum,Real Steel, andDate Night, to name just a few.
Its something really tricky to capture on screen, but when you do it, theres really nothing better.
And if theres a shining example of that in the show, its Joyce with the Christmas lights.
In our original pitch to Netflix, the teenagers used Christmas lights to track the monster.
suggested that Joyce instead use these Christmas lights to communicate with Will.
We think that she is incredible in this episode… an episode where shes almost entirely on her own.
Not many actors can hold the screen the way she does thats why shes a movie star.
The other thing Shawn does so well is wring those tears!
The hope, however, is that the directorial switch goes unnoticed.
Making this easy was our amazing crew, who worked so hard during our fun but exhausting six-month shoot.
They not only understood the world of the show, they brought it to life.
We dont know what we would have done without them.
Talents like Shawn, Chris, and Tim make us so grateful that film is a collaborative medium.
Random trivia:Holly, the toddler, is played by twins Anniston and Tinsley Price.
However, we do know that their best moments in the show are improvised.
When Holly watches the family argue in in Chapter One…
When she gets upset by Dustin and sinks into her chair in Chapter Two… That was all Anniston.
We have no idea.
The Duffer Brothers onChapter Four here.
