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By Cathy Whitlock
The Hollywood Awards season will soon be in full swing, starting with the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20 at 8/7c on ABC. No more stars on the seam-laden red carpet at the Microsoft Theater, like this year, the biggest TV. night enters a new territory with a virtual exhibition presented through Jimmy Kimmel.
Design buffs, however, sing before that, to see if their favorite exhibit passes the cut at the Creative Arts Emmys, where production designers, art managers and hopeful stage decorators have their turn in the spotlight. achievements, virtual ceremonies are broadcast on Emmy. com Monday, September 14 to Thursday, September 17 at 8am/7am and Saturday, September 19 at 8am/7am on FXX.
Ad examines some of the most memorable moments of this year’s scenery.
Hollywood
Matthew Flood Ferguson, chief decorator Mark Robert Taylor, director Melissa Licht, set designer
The curator of the Hollywood studio has renovated the chairs of genuine Warner Brothers studios.
Designing Tinsel Town for the Netflix Hollywood series was a custom task for production designer Matthew Flood Ferguson, a filmmaker and Hollywood golden age design enthusiast.
Created through Ryan Murphy, the series tells the story of actors, screenwriters, studio directors and looming producers, authentic or fictional, of the industry era in the 1940s. Ferguson and stage designer Melissa Licht have created bungalows in Los Angeles, mid-century gas station, studio curator and even landmarks such as the Pink and Green Palm Leaf Pattern suites at the Beverly Hills Hotel and the famous lunch counters at Schwab Pharmacy.
“I sought to [capture] the architectural movements that were emerging in Southern California in the early 20th century. For many of our interiors, I sought to pay homage to Billy Haines’ amazing creations and, as a nod to laughter, draw references from old films from the 1930s and 1940s,” says Ferguson, who turned to old photographs of black-and-white celebrities from Getty Images (adorning the commissioner’s walls) for inspiration. For the Hollywood apartment of wonderful hope Jack Costello (played through David Corenswet), he referred to the 1947 film The Kiss of Death, the wallpaper of Joan Bennett’s apartment on Fritz Lang’s Scarlet Street, and the character’s main architectural dots and plaster walls. Joe Gillis Workshop on Sunset Boulevard.
Succession
Stephen H. Carter, head decorator Carmen Cárdenas, director George DeTitta, set designer
A ship sets the level for the end of Season 2 of Cliffhanger of Succession.
By the end of the season at the time of the HBO series’ succession, the backdrop features the ultimate toy for each and every master of the universe: a $150 million yacht with swimming pools, sumptuous high-end master suites and a water slide.
Filmed on the site off the Croatian coast near Dubrovnik, the Yacht Solandge had the best elegance and length required. “There wasn’t much we could do to replace the giant furniture, which on the boats are bolted so as not to move in Bad Weather,” explains production designer Stephen Carter. Some design elements (such as backlit purple quartz walls, for example)” seemed too striking a selection for Logan Roy or (his wife) Marsha. They weren’t a component of our minimalist color palette and I think they would divert the attention of the other actors, so we applied a protective paper and then a textured wall covering. “
While the season’s peak episodes come with mansions and properties in Manhattan, another key set at the end was the Senate Courtroom, where interrogations took place. Level decorator George DeTitta immersed himself in everything similar to Washington, and looked into the room where Kavanaugh’s audiences took a position “like the prototype,” he said. “My biggest challenge was the giant appliques that covered the walls that were on a giant scale. We rented a company that specializes in accessories for Broadway exhibits to create the lights They did a wonderful task and made the piece authentic.
Will and grace
Glenda Rovello, principal decorator Conny-Boettger-Marino, director Peter Gurski, set designer
Will’s team
It’s general that Will, NBC’s beloved comedy
Decorator Glenda Rovello (who has been in the series since its inception in 1998 and has won ten nominations and 3 victories for her work) and decorator Peter Gurski (four times nominated by Will
The designers brought 1,400 pieces of chocolate cream recreated through See’s Candy; 1,200 pounds of grapes; and even discovered a bottle of Vitameatavegimin on Ebay. “It’s very difficult to get the right little details, such as the shade embroidered in the corner or the little vase with the exact number of fake roses (13) in the coat,” Gurski says: Another obstacle, he said, to design the scenes in a way that translated into black and white.
The maid’s
Elisabeth Williams, lead decorator Martha Sparrow, director Robert Hepburn, stage designer
In the third season of The Handmaid’s Tale, the characters go to Washington, D. C. , which is very different now that it is under Gilead’s control.
The dystopian design takes on a new dimension with the third season of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. The Emmy-nominated episode “Household” depicts Washington, DC, after being picked up in the Republic of Gilead. Monuments like the Washington Monument have become crucifixes, while a striking symbol of a headless statue is all that remains of the Lincoln Memorial.
Chief decorator Elisabeth Williams (who won two Emmy Awards for her work) turned to the regulated drawings of Nazi Germany for leadership, especially for flags reflecting authoritarianism. “The challenge is to avoid falling into clichés and instead reconsider what dystopia means and create our worlds,” he says. “We anchor our creations in truth by borrowing from history or letting ourselves be encouraged through what we see daily. “Scenes in the nation’s capital have proven to be a challenge, especially the stunning scenes of the National Mall, where silent maids meet in their red dresses and white caps. “We’re ready months in advance with 3-d models,” Williams says. “There was no room for error. We filmed the live action component of this scene on a single day and had limited access to the Lincoln Memorial as it remained open to the public. Our visual effects team painted tons of viewers and added tons of maids. »
Big little lies
John Paino, principal decorator Austin Gorg, director Amy Wells, set designer
Celeste’s room in Big Little Lies.
Creating the global studio of “Monterey Five” in HBO’s Big Little Lies, as each space tells the story of its owner. Decorator John Paino and stage designer Amy Wells began with each other’s socioeconomic divisions and lifestyles. In the most sensitive of the pyramid is the high-level lawyer Renata (Laura Dern), whose circle of relatives the house has the latest electrical accessories: an impressive staircase, floor-to-ceiling windows and sea view. Celeste (Nicole Kidman) style space of mourning and nuisance on the Monterey Peninsula (filmed in a Carmel apartment that also serves as B
The season of the moment features Celeste’s mother-in-law Mary Louise (played through Meryl Streep), who moves into Jane’s condominium complex. “Meryl gave me data on what he was looking for for his character and is very sensitive to his surroundings,” he explains. the decorator. ” She sought to make the condo feel wonderful on the East Coast and the art we added to it was more figurative than abstract. Paino delves into this, noting, “His decoration was a new Connecticut provincial Protestant harvest with a conservative inclination.
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