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provide the right scale, I showed Alena a period rendering of a steam driven printing press that she loved. And then I started to worry at t ll it itin the budget and schedule! As all Production Designers know, having the idea is not enough without the crew and collaborators to execute it, which I was very fortunate to ae. e first allenge as t build at least two printing presses with enough moving parts to be convincing. Art Director Alison Ford got to work with her team to produce a design. The special eets team led ann n egan ariatin of the pulley wheels and the large wheel of the maine itsel and deised a mtried sstem to automate the machines and make them look as if they were driven by a single steam engine. arina arer and ler Dains rganied te set decoration department to research and procure the appropriate printing blocks and all of the surrounding dressing, which was extensive as e ere sting at te ast ndn enter in Brooklyn. A motion control system was used so that after shooting the scene with the two working printing presses, the crew spent many hours moving the presses to their marks to record the footage to allow the VFX team to assemble a seamless composite that revealed a vast printing press with many presses all driven by the same steam engine. This whole operation was greatly assisted by a consultant who advised on the sequence of background actor movements so that the mechanics of the presses were convincing and the journey of the blank pieces of paper into the newspaper that lands in Sam Bowles' hands would pass muster with someone familiar with the period rinting ress. t as a trill t see te final result and the scale was exactly what was wanted. While prepping the printing press, the production was shooting the spa episode, which also contained sme signifiant set iees. ater treatments were very popular at the time and the connection to today's wellness culture led to some rich and A. SPA. SITZ BATHS. PRODUCTION STILL. B. HEDGE MAZE. CONCEPT SKETCH PLAN. C. HEDGE MAZE WITH SET EXTENSION. PRODUCTION STILL. D. SPA. WATER TREATMENT. PRODUCTION STILL. E. EVERGREENS VESTIBULE WITH MAZE WALLPAPER. SET PHOTO. A B C

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