The World Is Our Canvas

S02 E01 • Monday, Oct 12, 2009 • Oct 12 • 1h

Nar visits the masterminds at Obscura Digital, who believe “the world is our canvas” and have the technology to prove it — from huge immersive video domes, interactive building surfaces, and multi-touch holograms! Watch Nar play with their holographic video game! Next he gets the zombie treatment from Quantum Creation FX, and interviews a mortician while undead. And finally he interviews Garrett Brown, the legendary inventor of the Steadicam, and gets a Steadicam boot camp from the master himself.

Speed: When Buses Fly!

S02 E02 • Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 • Nov 19 • 1h

Nar rides a fake horse from Narnia'at Creature FX, survives a 100mph hurricane at John Frazier's FXPERTS, which creates weather fx for movies, meets Emily, the most convincing CG-created human and tests the physics behind the bus-jump scene in Speed.

Puppet Meisters - The Magic Behind 'Team America: World Police'

S02 E03 • Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 • Dec 3 • 1h

Nar gets a lesson in puppet sculpting from the Chiodo Brothers, marionette makers for "Team America: World Police". Nar visits Technicolor to get a crash course in movie coloring. Animal Wrangler Jules Sylvester unleashes a roomful of creepy crawlers.

The Magical World of George Lucas

S02 E04 • Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 • Dec 10 • 1h

ILM uses motion capture fx to create Davy Jones' beard in Pirates of the Caribbean sequels; science of lighting at Mole Richardson; Flash Filmworks creates explosive chopper crashes for The Day the Earth Stood Still; makes low-tech squibs with Indy Mogul.

Transformers: Bumblebee Rises

S02 E05 • Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 • Dec 17 • 1h

Nar helps FXPERTS reconstruct a 20-foot replica of Bumblebee from Transformers and morphs into a video game character at Image Metrics; the science of 3D moviemaking at Stereoscope; Nar gets his brain waves read by neuromarketing company fMRI.

Windows Of Opportunity

S02 E06 • Sunday, Mar 14, 2010 • Mar 14 • 1h

The Explosive Science of '24'

S02 E07 • Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 • Mar 23 • 1h

Sound-design lesson at Todd-AO; night vision and thermal cameras from Sofradir EC; virtual set for the television series "24''; a nuclear scientist has a problem with Indiana Jones.

The Force Is With You: Skywalker Sound

S02 E08 • Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010 • Aug 18 • 1h