Read Extracts from my Favourite 20 Cinefex Articles

Treasure chest of Cinefex articles by Graham Edwards

During the seven years I worked at Cinefex, the journal of cinematic illusions, I wrote over 40 long-form articles on the making of films including The Shape of Water, Black Panther and Solo: A Star Wars Story. The focus was mainly on special and visual effects, accompanied by healthy dollops of animatronics, make-up, cinematography, production design … you name it, we covered it. More often than not, we interviewed the directors, too.

Recently I set about reorganising my old Cinefex files, including original interview transcripts, various pieces of supporting material and, of course, the finished articles. As I browsed, I came up with the idea of extracting text from my favourite 20 articles and republishing it here on my website. My heartfelt thanks go to former Cinefex publisher Gregg Shay for granting me permission to do this.

Click on the links below to read my selections. The original stories were much longer – typically around 8,000-10,000 words – and lavishly illustrated with photographs, stills and visual effects breakdowns. I hope these extracts will give you a flavour of the style we wrote in, and the level of research we undertook.