- EARLY CONCEPT ART -
SET CONSTRUCTION
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE HOW I BUILT THE SET FROM START TO FINISH
...from what I remembered to document along the way at least!
- REARRANGEABLE FOAM WALLS & HARDBOARD FLOORS -
- WALLS ARE CUT FROM INSULATION FOAM & LATER HELD UP BY BOOK ENDS DRILLED INTO SET FLOOR FOR A FULLY OPEN 360 UNDER-TABLE ACCESS
- SET FLOOR I USED 1/8" HARDBOARD THAT I REINFORCED WITH A PLYWOOD FRAMING
- DRILLED IN METAL LEGS & A CLAMP UNDERNEATH TO KEEP TWO PARTS SECURE BUT INTERCHANGEABLE FOR VERSATILITY
- SET CAN BE DETACHED FULLY & ASSEMBLED IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS
- FLOOR & MOLDING -
- WOOD PATTERNED VINYL THAT I CUT IN A UNIQUE PATTERN TO MAKE UP THE PLANKS
- COATED EACH UNIQUE PANEL IN SEVERAL STREAKING LAYERS OF MOD PODGE FOR A WOOD GRAIN EFFECT
- GAVE EVERYTHING A DARK WASH WITH ACRYLIC TO FILL IN THE GROOVE FOR DEPTH & A WORN-OUT LOOK
- THE MOLDING IS MADE FROM GLUEING TOGETHER TWO TYPES OF TRIM RIBBON & COATING IN PAINTS/VARNISH
- WALLS -
- FOR THE WALLS I STRIPPED THE PLASTIC LAYER FROM THE INSULATION FOAM BOARD AND LAYERED IT WITH CONSTRUCTION PAPER THAT I SATURATED IN GLUE, TEARING AWAY AND LEAVING A THIN FILM OF ROUGH PAPER
- I THEN WENT ON TO LAYER A TON OF DIFFERENT PAINTS IN BLACK AND MUSTARD HUES
- I GLUED THIN LAYERS OF BLACK, RED, AND GREEN TISSUE PAPER TO GIVE THE WALLS LOTS OF TEXTURE AND CREEPINESS, SCRAPING AWAY AND BUILDING UP TEXTURE THROUGHOUT
- WALL DETAILING | INDUSTRIAL PIPING & BITS -
- TENTATIVE WALL & SET DECORATING -
- SINCE THE WALLS ARE THICK FOAM I'M ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE MY FRAMES & WALL DECOR TO MATCH MY CAMERA FRAMING NEEDS WHEN FILMING! I
- ATTACH MOST OF THE WALL ART WITH THIN LONG PINS
- THE FOAM WALLS ALLOW ME TO CARVE OUT WHERE I NEED TO INSERT DIFFERENT PIPING, I USE SPRAY ADHESIVE TO FILL IN AND SECURE THE INDUSTRIAL PIPING WHICH ALSO GIVES A LEAKING EFFECT THAT I'M GOING FOR IN THE WALLS
- TEST SET UP AS I FINISH PROPS -
- THE LAYOUT OF THIS SET IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING FROM SCENE TO SCENE, SWAPPING OUT PROPS AND REARRANGING THE WALL ART TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE SCENE I'M SHOOTING.
- I CAN ALSO SWAP IN AND OUT WALLS DEPENDING ON WHERE I NEED MYSELF & THE CAMERA TO BE.
