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1 0 2 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 9 I'd pulled photo references of Havana at night. Bill Pope keyed on its sparse look and varying color temperatures. Dramatic. Dave Hack's crew layered historic lighting throughout the streets. We also needed to connect Iron City visually to the current-day presence of The Factory and the idea of government utility and upkeep. Steve keyed in on pool skimmers and ordered up. They scaled perfectly and had a great, functional, shape. He ordered globes to fit. Fabrication shop head Sarah King and the killer fabrication and set dressing teams transformed them into street lights, a tech retrofit layer. They became flashlights shining down on Iron City citizens. High concept, low-tech solutions make for fast fabrication and elegant installation. Great friend and Graphic Designer Ellen Lampl brought diversity and cohesion to the neighborhoods, stringing melting-pot humanity together through the use of backlit signage, posters, handbills and painted graphics. Shops, nooks and crannies, street corners all were layered with graphic elements, including the ever-present Factory messaging and subversive responses. Todd Holland cared for every beautiful calle and avenida. Signage change-outs that could install quickly meant creative latitude. Which leads us to…the scenery bus… Steve's back-pocket idea. We already had the foundation, a tanker truck we'd built for a TV series, rigged with a steel frame for a stunt roll and slide. I admit. I was a skeptic. Could we get this through the pipe too? Bob Carlyle's team removed the tanker body, and then attached flats to the exposed steel frame. Two sides, two looks. Wild sidewalk pieces slid in with a forklift. (Every piece that moved on set was designed with forklift slots.) Voila, one less VFX headache. When A. KANSAS BAR CONCEPT ART BY MARK GOERNER. B. NIGHT SCENE ON ONE OF IRON CITY'S MARKET STREETS LOOKING AT DOC IDO'S RESIDENCE/CLINIC. C. POOL SKIMMERS AWAIT TRANSFORMATION INTO INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING FIXTURES. D. POOL SKIMMERS BECOME LIGHTING TECH LAYER IN IRON CITY. E. IRON CITY SIGNAGE DETAIL FOR DOC IDO'S CLINIC. F. THE SCENERY BUS, A 5-TON TRUCK WITH STEEL FRAME BED READY FOR SCENIC WALLS. G. SCENERY BUS IN POSITION FOR LAST NIGHT OF SHOOTING. WILD SIDEWALK SECTIONS COMPLETE THE SCENERY BUS FACADE. H. CATHEDRAL RUINS, GREENS CREW AND SET DRESSING TACKLE THE BROKEN STONE. I. MARKET STREET IN IRON CITY. PRODUCTION STILL. 20TH CENTURY FOX A B D E C