Build the whole shot, then take most of it away. Co-founder Andrew Bordwin walks through the night we watched a 24-ton stone sphere come off a truck at 550 Madison Avenue, and why nine out of ten of our interview setups are quietly built from two exposures.

Heroic wide shot. Hands. Anything textural. Director of photography Zac Mills walks through the ingredients of the Milkbox formula, the shorthand our crew reaches for when a room is fighting them, and explains why meticulous planning is what makes the work feel so loose.