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24 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 1 7 Previous pages: The only overtly BDSM space in Christian Grey's penthouse is his infamous Red Room, on stage in Vancouver, refined and redesigned from the original film for this sequel. This page, top to bottom: Reconceived Grey penthouse living room, mezzanine and staircase on Stage 3 at Vancouver's North Shore Studios. Inset: Construction/ engineering studies for the steel floating penthouse stairs, drawings and SketchUp ® model by Jim Ramsay and Craig Humphries. The SketchUp model revealed that overhead lighting rigs would reflect in the upstairs glass railings, requiring a pivot to rosewood railings. The floating rosewood staircase created a central masculine DNA-chain sculptural element; two box steel beams, in a parallel hockey stick-like configuration, were encased with the intersecting rosewood boxes. Managing information and maintaining secrecy at every stage of a production can prove quite daunting. Not only is the final product subject to review as in past years, now every daily detail no matter how small can be dissected on a global scale, shaping and affecting the collective attitude toward the final product. These days, the usual crowd of paparazzi are no match for the Twitter feeds and blogs of ubiquitous fans with their cellphone cameras. Because I have designed several film adaptations of books, I remain aware of the enormous responsibility to get it right by pleasing loyal fans. I always read the source material, and highlight any description or visual clues that would help environments feel familiar to readers. Though the Production Design choices will probably differ from most fans' imagination, part of the success of an adaptation is making sure any advance studio images, or views of set pieces visible during