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T H E M A N I N T H E H I G H C A S T L E | P E R S P E C T I V E 8 9 created the drop using their image catalogue and added the digitally rendered American Reich building where the United Nations building exists today. The set features extensive internal rigging to fly walls vertically for ease of shooting. The creative impulse behind the set was to give the rising political family a more powerful residence, reflecting the taste of the State, not the occupants themselves. The imposed style is intended to be cold and graphic, not homey. The bedroom in particular is purposefully cold and features "sad flowers" wallpaper. This is intended as a metaphor for the collapsing marriage between John and Helen. Designing the set was a lot of fun. I love SketchUp and did the initial model in back-and-forth SketchUp jam sessions with Set Designer Paul Sonski. I really enjoy working with Paul in this way. After that, Set Designer Megan Poss took the drawings through all the final preparation for construction. The brilliant guidance of Supervising Art Director Dean O'Dell carried the project through to its very best potential. Set decorators Jon and Lisa Lancaster just knocked it out of the park with several pieces of furniture, including vintage curved-lens TV cabinets containing LCD screens, built from scratch in their carpentry shop. This season, the Neutral Zone was also developed further. The capital of the Neutral Zone, which the show modeled on Denver, was established. An interior bar set intended to be a crossroads of the world called The Denver Palace was built. This big stage build is a relic of the faded American Gilded Age, based on the feel of the Denver Brown Palace Hotel and Rick's American Cafe from Casablanca. A lot of low arches were used in the set to stack up to camera and give a feeling of pressure bearing down from above. This set featured the extraordinary work of the paint department. The coordinator Darcy Yurchuk and forewoman Sara Wells and their team are always stars in my book. This set really showed off their talents, it was the kind of A. SMITH APARTMENT. SKETCHUP MODEL BY DREW BOUGHTON AND SET DESIGNER PAUL SONSKI. B. SMITH APARTMENT, MASTER BEDROOM. SKETCHUP MODEL VIEW AUGMENTED WITH IPAD DRAW OVER USING ART STUDIO PAINT APP. C. SMITH APARTMENT. LIVING ROOM. SET PHOTO BY JAY KENT. D. SMITH APARTMENT. BUILT SET ON STAGE AT EAGLE CREEK STUDIOS STAGE 2. E. SMITH APARTMENT. DINING ROOM. PRODUCTION STILL. F. SMITH APARTMENT. LIVING ROOM. PRODUCTION STILL. D E F