How to showcase Emmy-winning costume design (and win a Clio for doing it)

Andor season 2 was a masterclass in top-shelf production value, but before it could win an emmy for it’s efforts, it had to show itself off. That’s where we came in.

The goal was simple, the process was not. I poured over hundreds of hours of interviews & transcripts to determine the best moments & soundbites from every main cast member to prepare for this project before making the final selections.

In a show where the costume designer created entire cultures for multiple distinct worlds, choosing which aspects of the work would resonate most with viewers and academy voters was a significant challenge.

Ultimately, we elected to divide the piece into three subjects, first comparing the costumes of Mina-Rau and Chandrila to highlight the range of designer Michael Wilkinson through their contrasting design philosophies, before focusing on the main character Cassian Andor’s costumes for that extra bit of star power shine.

The results? Andor won the Emmy for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, and we won a Clio.