Deconstructing 'the Village'

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In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from writer/producer/director M. Night Shyamalan, costume designer Ann Roth, producer Sam Mercer, associate producer Jose L. Rodriguez, re-recording mixers Robert Fernandez and Michael Semanick, supervising sound editors Steve Boeddeker and Frank Eulner, editor Christopher Tellefson, creature designer Crash McCreery, composer James Newton Howard, and actors William Hurt, Celia Weston, Brendan Gleeson, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cherry Jones, Judy Greer, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, and Sigourney Weaver. We learn about the movie's genesis and development, the choice of time period and setting, finding a location and creating the sets, the flick's visual design and cinematography, working with the actors and bonding on the set, the costumes, problems with the weather, shooting in the woods, casting, the actors' "boot camp", editing and storyboards, audio design, the score, and the movie's creatures.