Interior Bank Vault Lobby. Concept render. This was my first foray into 3D. Ok, it ain't much, but I'm proud of it. Modeled in SketchUp, painted in Peranese (is that around any more?) Post in Photoshop. This was before rendering engines of any kind.
Interior Bank Vault Lobby. Finished set. That green tile was EXPENSIVE! an Italian Import. The floating stairs cost a bit since the whole wall had to be framed in steel. Well, Ridly was happy.
Interior Roy's House. Finished set.
Interior Roy's House, Dining Room. Finished set.
Interior Roy's House, Kitchen. Finished set.
Interior Roy's House, Kitchen. Finished set.
Exterior Roy's House, Font Porch. Finished set. This duplicated a development of Googie-style homes in Santa Monica. They are as cool inside as they are outside. Unfortunately, we did not use the inside of them.
"Ok," I hear you say, "it's a swimming pool." This is on a soundstage, lit artificially. It's a match for our Encino location. The greens at the right and the hedge, are real. All the rest is a backing, shot at the location by JC Bakings!
Matchstick Men was my third assistant art direction job. We completely built the interior of the main character’s house, which duped a back-yard location in Encino while acknowledging the Santa Monica location we used for the front of the house. We had to build both of these exteriors partially on set including the swimming pool from the Encino location. It was probably the most successful soundstage exterior I have ever done. It could not be told from our location shoots. It was also the only time I have ever overseen the printing of a Translight that was mostly a blank, cloudless sky shot at the Encino location. It sounds silly, but Ridley was insistent and, in the end, he used that trans-lite as an enormous lighting instrument. The results speak for themselves. This was also some of my earliest use of 3d in the concepting process (not that it matters much, but I was very proud at the time).
