Delving deep into every aspect of the creative process—from storyboards to casting calls to costume design—the 8-volume boxed set brings together over 1,000 pages of untold stories and never-before-seen visuals from the many brilliant minds behind the first season of HBO's Euphoria. The 8 books include scripts from each episode of Season 1 and feature conversations with: ○ Series creator Sam Levinson (with Frank Rich) ○ Makeup artist Doniella Davy ○ Editor Julio Perez ○ Costume designer Heidi Bivens ○ Choreographer Ryan Heffington ○ Composer Labrinth ○ Music supervisor Jen Malone ○ Cinematographer Marcell Rév ○ Production designer Michael Grasley ○ Hunter Schafer (with Jeremy O. Harris) ○ Zendaya
Special contributions from the cast include sketches by Hunter Schafer, pages from Sydney Sweeney's scrapbook and Barbie Ferreira's moodboard, and behind-the-scenes photography by Jacob Elordi and Maude Apatow.
I noticed more differences in the script and final episode for this than for the pilot episode. I really liked getting to see Jacob Elordi's photographs included in the book, and thought it was interesting to read about the process of casting him as Nate. The breakdown of how the interacation between Rue and Mouse was filmed was also interesting; I learned so much about what the process is in getting a scene like that down and it's cool to be able to know all this for my next rewatch of the episode.