As you can see, this next vignette is another character backstory piece, and a dark one at that. I’m very pleased with how it’s turning out, and I look forward to telling you all about it in the weeks to come—but first, some final reflections on the recently-ended episode four, “Insecurity”.

For many of reasons, the fourth episode was a paradigm shift for Night Zero, as a production and as a family. The technical challenges of the protest shoot I’ve already discussed on this blog, but it was more than just the impact of large-scale production. The scope of the protest shoot involved more than a year of planning and preparations, and the entire production team was heavily invested in its success. The timing of the shoot coincided with the end of production of episode three, so the event itself was a fitting “last hurrah” for five of Night Zero’s team members (including two from the very first days) before they moved on to their own projects.
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