Creating this stricken tanker required five individual sets, four of
which were built atop their own individual gimbals, with an axial
motion of twenty-two degrees, to provide the physicality of water
moving across and within the tanker.
To achieve this complex undertaking, I was fortunate to secure
the services of my trusted colleague, Supervising Art Director
William Ladd Skinner. His knowledge of naval architecture and
marine engineering was invaluable, along with his extensive
experience designing motion picture ships—from nuclear
submarines to Caribbean pirate frigates. He and his seasoned
team of Set Designers were well prepared to execute the multiple
sets that needed to work in combination to create the physical
manifestation of a broken tanker.
Construction photographs by Michael Corenblith and William Ladd Skinner
