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P E R S P E C T I V E | M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 1 8 83 obvious tools to deliver a tired and distressed look. Dust was another element that played an important role in achieving this. A relentless layer of dust, either blown in by the wind or carried by many boots and shoes, dulled all the interior wooden floors of every structure. No intentional aging was done to the floors other than letting the construction and shooting crew be themselves. To counterbalance the dulling effect of the dusty floors, the ceilings were finished with high-gloss paint, promoting the bounce of the abundant natural light coming in through strategically placed windows and doors. The first structure encountered, nestled against the rocky hills upon approaching town, is the mine. It is the very reason for La Belle's existence. Because it had swallowed the lives of most of the men, leaving widows and orphans behind, it was designed in an abstractly anthropomorphic manner, suggesting an ominous creature with a big hungry mouth of death and little bitty eyes of greed. In a way, its presence was intended to create the subconscious feeling of a dormant creature, residing across from it is the cemetery with its hundred identical rusted iron crosses of white-chipped paint marking the miners' final resting place. H F D E G