SowhenWarnerBrothersaskedherifshe'd liketowrite a screenplayfor "FantasticBeasts", shewasabletoimmediatelygettoworkandwasabletowrite a roughdraftforthemafterjust 12 days.
Forexample, ittook 30,000 feetofthreadtoweaveQueenie's ombré-coloredovercoat, andhercostumeunderneaththecoatwasdesignedtolooklike a classicwitch's dresswith a little 1920s flair.
Thisprovidedquite a challengeforthecostumersbecausetheyhadtoinspectall 600 peoplebeforeeachtaketomakesureeveryonewasbundleduptoavoidbreakingtheimmersionofthescene.
ThereareveryfewplacesinNewYorktodaythatlooklike 1927 NewYork, soalltheexteriorsetswerebuilton a backlotstudioin a T-formationtomakefilmingmoreefficient.
Whenfilminganyoneofthoseareas, theyusedgreenscreenstocoveruptheotherpartstheydidn't need, andthenthevisualeffectsteamusedCGtoextendthestreetsintothebackgroundtomakeitlooklikeallthemajorareasweremilesapart.