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that, like the other town settings, the trappings of old rituals of manliness surround the actors— fishing, hunting, bowling and, of course, vintage ads. The worn feel of the town was continued with the Olympic Coffee Shop location, using authentic relics and signage that had decayed over the years. Several murals, designed by Art Director Austin Gorg, alluded to the pig rendering industry that employs most of the town. The hunting shed that young Camille happens upon is a different kind of place for men, albeit young men. This shack had to be simultaneously forbidding and alluring. It had to look like it had been used by generations of Wind Gap boys to skin squirrels, hide and indulge in fantasies. Constructed on site, I wanted it to look like it had grown out of the forest as in a Grimm's fairy tale. The weathered structure was integrated into the woods with extensive greens work. Terrifying things happen in the shed. C Camille I do a lot of mood boards in general for a show. They concentrate on tone and atmosphere. Camille's mood board was very evocative of where she came from, lurid, vivid colors and putrice. I felt Camille's life in St. Louis should contrast that world. In the newsroom and her apartment, I made a point of keeping those worlds in neutral greys and whites, which is very far from the vivid heat and decay of Wind Gap. The Preaker Victorian – Folk, Gothic and Queen Anne All in One The centerpiece set is, of course, the Preaker Victorian. Again, the hope was to find a practical location in and around Los Angeles. Every Victorian of grandeur that could be found was considered, and there are some stunning examples around town, but they were on small lots hemmed in by urban sprawl and expansion, and this one needed to have a rural setting. Preproduction was actually started on an existing house in Encino that would A. EXTERIOR OF THE OLYMPIC COFFEE SHOP PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATION BASED ON A LOS ANGELES LOCATION BY JOANNA BUSH. B. HUNTING SHED. BUILT SET INSTALLED ON LOCATION, SET PHOTO. C. MOOD BOARD FOR CAMILLE PREAKER, THE ST. LOUIS JOURNALIST PLAYED BY AMY ADAMS, WHO RETURNS HOME TO WIND GAP. A D A C B