She and Set Designer Justin Trudeau spent hours
figuring out how we could twist' the columns
and manufacture them on time for the shoot.
Construction coordinator Steven De Santis lent
us his great expertise and joined me to pitch
to the producers the revised set ideas. On a
personal level, it was wonderful to see the entire
Art Department become invested in a design
concept, and I'm deeply grateful for it.
Another circular set is the Kingdom of
Dahomey's fighting pit, where Hippolyta
trains to be a supreme warrior. I researched the
history of the Dahomey female army and found
fascinating details not only in the kingdom's
architecture, but also in objects such as the
palace's umbrellas and oversized tents. In some
historical photos, I saw rows of skulls arranged
on top of mud walls and duplicated them on the
set to show how fierce these female warriors
were. The pit was built as a practical set, and
the visual effects team was able to add the set
extensions of the tents and the rest of the palace
buildings in post.
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