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48 P E R S P E C T I V E | N OV E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 7 around the site before shooting had even begun. The Neibolt house interior was shot in an old social assistance house in Toronto that was stripped of its walls, doors and modern elements—bringing it back to its original Victorian architecture. The third location was in a deserted 1920s bottling manufacturer in Hamilton, a city just to the south of Toronto. A floor was built here to install the well in the basement of Neibolt house. The interior of the well was built on stage, with wild sections to follow the kids' descent through it. One element that was important to me was to have a dead tree outside the front of the house. It was intended to be like a hand that symbolized all of the evil and death surrounding the Neibolt house. Construction was prepared to build it from scratch. One morning, a crewmember took a photo of a really weird tree he saw on his way to the workshop. The tree was bought, cut and brought to the workshop. In order to make it more A. Rhino model of Neibolt house by Set Designer Sorin Popescu rendered in Cinema 4D and Photoshop. B. Rendering of entrance to the Neibolt house by Set Designer Sorin Popescu in Rhino, Cinema 4D and Photoshop. C. Photo showing the back of the Neibolt house set. D. Installation of the tree in front of the Neibolt house exterior, set in Oshawa. E. The finished set built on location in Oshawa, Ontario. Photos by Claude Paré prominent against massive Neibolt house, the tree was extended six feet with a steel trunk covered in fake bark and welded to giant in-ground helical piers. This made certain that after all that hard work, the tree would not crash into the Neibolt house in the event of bad weather. Eventually, a small tornado struck the area and both the house and the tree resisted the strong winds. To enclose the property, a fence was built using a piece that the set decoration department had found as a reference. The wrought iron fence and entryway show the address, 29 Neibolt Street. The director Andy also wanted to have a temporary chain link fence that would have been put there by the city of Derry to prevent anyone from entering the property. The idea being that the character would walk between two walls of fence and have no choice when confronted with the Hobo but to crawl through the only opening available, which leads him to Pennywise standing in front of the porch. A A B