The art and making of hannibal the television series goes into detail about how the shows unique aesthetics are composed how the gruesome yet strangely beautiful corpses and murder scenes are created and what the shows creator bryan fuller wanted to achieve with his versions of thomas harris characters and what the actors and actresses think of their characters their personalities arcs and motivations. A highly illustrated art and making of book featuring extracts of the shooting scripts of the first and second seasons exclusive cast and crew interviews behind the scenes photography production notes storyboards hannibals sketches and music notation this volume would also include detailed sketches of the murder scenes and sets as well as. But if youre thinking about picking up the art and making of hannibal the television series ill assume youre a fan of the show this is a handsome book with a simple but expectedly food festishistic cover of a heart on a plate the blood leaking off in the shape of elks horns which is a recurring theme in the show. The art and making of hannibal the television series is a great read and gives the reader plenty of food for thought the minor quibbles i have with it are far outweighed by the lovely photos insights and discussions about the various aspects of the tv series