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The visual effects of ‘Widow’s Bay’

July 20, 2026

Behind the invisible effects work.

Today on the befores & afters podcast we’re chatting about the Apple TV series Widow’s Bay. I’m joined by production visual effects supervisor Brian Drewes, who hails from Zero VFX.

We jump into all the invisible VFX featured in the series, from crafting the island environments from the plate photography, conjuring up a storm, dealing with a few at sea sequences, and a couple of fun shots involving the bonfire, birds and a Boogeyman. There’s a couple of spoilers in there, so just be warned in case you haven’t watched the series yet.

Listen in, above, and check out a VFX breakdown, below.

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