Daniel Rauchwerger (‘Silo’ visual effects supervisor): ‘I want the silo to be a character in the show’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
When I joined the show, Morten [Tyldum], the director for the first three episodes said, ‘I want the silo to be a character in the show,’” recalls “Silo” visual effects supervisor Daniel Rauchwerger about how central the titular underground concrete behemoth is to the core of the dystopian drama. For our recent webchat he adds, “Obviously, this does not fit on a real life stage. We could build the one floor, and I have to say that set itself was quite massive in its own way, but once we started looking to it, it started becoming obvious that we’re going to face some major challenges, mathematical and creative, about how to create that space,” he explains. “Then we realized, it is actually one big room. How do you handle it? How do you even approach it to create that scope and world?” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
In “Silo,” the last 10,000 people on Earth are living in a gargantuan concrete silo a mile underground, supposedly keeping them safe from the destroyed and dangerous post-apocalyptic world outside. No one knows when or why the silo was built and anyone who asks too many questions gets in serious trouble. When engineer Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) begins investigating the murder of a loved one, she uncovers a subterranean mystery that goes deeper than she ever could have imagined.
The sci-fi drama was created by Emmy-nominated showrunner Graham Yost (“The Pacific”), based on a bestselling novel trilogy by Hugh Howey , with Oscar nominee Tyldum (“The Imitation Game”) directing the first three episodes. The series stars Ferguson (who also executive produces) alongside Common, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Oscar winner Tim Robbins (“Mystic River”) and Emmy nominees Harriet Walter (Succession,” “Ted Lasso”), David Oyelowo (“Nightingale”) and Rashida Jones (“Hot Girls Wanted”). The series’ ten-episode freshman season concluded last June on Apple TV+, with the streamer having already announced a second season, which is currently in production. “I think a lot of people are going to be very excited about what’s coming. I can tell you that it’s very cool, very exciting, very challenging for us,” Rauchwerger teases.
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