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18 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 1 6 TOM SANDERS ON RESEARCH from the daily Web magazine Slate.com It is one of the axioms of Production Design that everyone starts with lots of research. Tom Sanders has another approach. Referring to the haunted mansion in Crimson Peak, he says: "There's not a detail in the house that was real—it was taken out of the research in my head, and pretty much everything was invented for the set. "Director Benicio Del Toro liked Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad, which was just like a two-story Tudor house that's all lonely on this stretch of track—it had a great proportion. That was the only thing that we went on for the house." Watching other films? Mr. Sanders says: "I don't do any film research when I'm working on a film, and I like to approach it really naive and work with the director and then just go for it and try to be fresh that way. So I didn't watch a single film or refer to any film at all." Thomas Sanders' design for the main stair in Allerdale Hall for CRIMSON PEAK, called "a beautifully dark visual wonder, one of the most memorable haunted houses in movie history." Mr. Sanders is nominated this year for an ADG Award for his work on the film. news 6281'67$*(6÷&5($7,9(2)),&(63$&(÷+'&21752/52206 Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood Center Studios 1RUWK/DV3DOPDV$YHQXH/RV$QJHOHV&$ ,QIR#+ROO\ZRRG&HQWHUFRPZZZ+ROO\ZRRG&HQWHUFRP /$âV3UHPLHU3URGXFWLRQ)DFLOLW\IRU)HDWXUH)LOP&RPPHUFLDO 7HOHYLVLRQ3URGXFWLRQV Call for a quote today! 323-860-0000 Space for Big Ideas!