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A gripping drama about human interaction will always be popular with audiences. CBS’s Golden Globe winning series The Good Wife aired from 2009-2016, becoming one of the most popular shows of its kind. The show’s premise and characters also spawned the first original CBS All Access series The Good Fight . With two Primetime Emmy nominations to its credit, The Good Fight has led the charge in this new television presentation. Like many of us, Dianshuo Zhang was a fan of The Good Wife ; when she was brought aboard (as part of The Molecule) to work as a VFX compositor on the show, it was a chance for her to become part of a world she loved. The fact that you don’t recognize much of the VFX work on this series is a credit to the skill Zhang has and the tasteful manner in which the production utilizes her talent and that of her team. While many of us simply watch these dramas, Dianshuo finds herself in the surreal state of bringing them to life. The trick of working in VFX is that...

FX’s Golden Globe winning Best Drama series The Americans is considered by many to be one of the most innovative and gripping television programs in decades. Flipping the tables on the typical spy story genre, the plot centers on two undercover Soviet agents posing as an American family in the Cold War era. With more than one-hundred forty-four nominations and multiple wins, The Americans has served to further cement the FX network as one of the most progressive and successful cable television entities. The difficulty of manifesting Reagan’s America in present day is substantially lessened due to the work of VFX compositors like Dianshuo Zhang of The Molecule. Zhang and her team aided the production in turning the clock back some three plus decades with amazing authenticity. Created by Joe Weisberg for the FX network, this spy thriller series takes place during the 1980’s in the Virginian suburb of Washington, D.C. called Falls Church. Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jen...