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own language of style that I would have to learn. I had the advantage of getting to work with a lot of talented returning crew. Chief among them was set decorator Julie Ochipinti, who in many ways is the design spirit of the show. Julie was my main collaborator in discovering the approach I would take to extend the show's vision, so it could expand organically. The shear scope of the work was daunting. The plot revolves around everybody in the park trying to get to the Valley Beyond. That meant most of the season one sets had to be reconstructed and then trashed as the robots went wild. New elements included a taste of Raj World and a more fully fleshed out Shogun World for episodes five and six. Simultaneously, an entire world of subterranean laboratories with technology that is specific and different from the Mesa is revealed. Most of the episodes had a unique big set piece or new landscapes that had not been seen before. Things really did expand in scale for season two, but the kicker came with the news that I would be working with the same budget as the year before, despite adding two new worlds and increasingly technical sets. Challenging to be sure. Thank God my friend David Lazan came on to be Supervising Art Director. He kept the train on the rails and kept me out of hot water by managing the budget. Starting the design process, my first hire was researcher Lauren Sandoval. Finding inspiration for the new parks of Shogun and Raj required a lot of digging. What was very freeing design-wise is that the parks, although detailed and layered, are still impressions of a reality. The design team got to choose what our version of these worlds would be, then take the research and amplify it. It is a theme park after all. The season one park was also expanded, adding elements, including a Confederate fort that was A. CONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF FORT FORLORN. DRAWN BY DAVID MOREAU. B. FORT FORLORN GATES. STILL PHOTO BY JOHN P. JOHNSON. C. MODEL STUDY OF THE OBSERVATION ROOM BY DAVID MOREAU. D. OBSERVATION CHAMBER, SET PHOTO BY CURTIS CORBITT, ASS'T PROP MASTER. E. TEA HOUSE EXTERIOR. STILL PHOTO BY JOHN P. JOHNSON. B A