section_path: Production/Post-production
section_name: Post-production
paragraph_text: Post-production
  
  Timothy A. Good returned as lead editor for the second season alongside Emily Mendez as editor, joined by Simon Smith, who edited the third and fifth episodes. Mazin previously worked with Smith on Chernobyl (2019). Good was named a co-producer, working on the sound mix early in post-production at Mazin's request.: 2:03 The editors watch the material as it arrives, which Good finds overwhelming but necessary to find the best takes.: 21:57 Mendez is a fan of the games while Good has not played them; Mendez worked with Mazin to approach scenes from the perspective of fans, while Good approached from a general viewpoint.: 17:02 Good ensured scenes focused on Abby making decisions to allow audiences to understand her perspective despite her antagonistic actions.
  
  Mylod and first assistant director Dan Miller worked with visual effects supervisor Alex Wang to create previsualization for the full action sequence in the second episode. The episode used over 600 visual effects shots, almost 200 more than the previous season's fifth episode. While the bloater in that episode was initially performed practically before being replaced with computer-generated imagery (CGI), Wang and his team created the bloater in "Through the Valley" with CGI first to better understand its design. Eleven visual effects teams worked on the episode, including Wētā FX on the infected: 26:00 and Important Looking Pirates on the bloater.: 24:20 Wētā also worked on the subway and stalkers sequences in the fourth and fifth episodes, respectively.
  
  Timothy A. Good returned as lead editor for the second season alongside Emily Mendez as editor, joined by Simon Smith, who edited the third and fifth episodes. Mazin previously worked with Smith on Chernobyl (2019). Good was named a co-producer, working on the sound mix early in post-production at Mazin's request.: 2:03 The editors watch the material as it arrives, which Good finds overwhelming but necessary to find the best takes.: 21:57 Mendez is a fan of the games while Good has not played them; Mendez worked with Mazin to approach scenes from the perspective of fans, while Good approached from a general viewpoint.: 17:02 Good ensured scenes focused on Abby making decisions to allow audiences to understand her perspective despite her antagonistic actions.
  
  Mylod and first assistant director Dan Miller worked with visual effects supervisor Alex Wang to create previsualization for the full action sequence in the second episode. The episode used over 600 visual effects shots, almost 200 more than the previous season's fifth episode. While the bloater in that episode was initially performed practically before being replaced with computer-generated imagery (CGI), Wang and his team created the bloater in "Through the Valley" with CGI first to better understand its design. Eleven visual effects teams worked on the episode, including Wētā FX on the infected: 26:00 and Important Looking Pirates on the bloater.: 24:20 Wētā also worked on the subway and stalkers sequences in the fourth and fifth episodes, respectively.