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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 95 fearful and anxious. Set decorator Sandy and I discussed how that manifests into set dressing. We were drawn to items like buckets of random electrical equipment, wires, rusted hardware, broken tools. Piles of untouched paperwork scattered everywhere, sheets of dusty plastic from forgotten repair projects and broken equipment. Too many chairs here and there, furniture in random places. Beneath all of this clutter live the original Rainier items. There was a very short turnaround time to transform the Mentryville interior from Elise's 1953 childhood to an uncared for 2008 version. The schedule allowed four days to undress the set, have painters age all the surfaces and then redress with ten times the volume of the original look. When first scouting Mentryville, I noticed some walls that were stripped back to the lath beneath the plaster. For the 1953 version propmakers built covers for those sections, which were removed for 2008, exposing another area Garza was too distracted to complete. Garza is particularly uneasy about one upstairs room, Elise's childhood bedroom, and he has stacked bibles up to the ceiling to cover the door. Bits like this are always fun. Of course, I imposed a color range and the bibles also had to go through legal clearance procedures, so it became a chore for Sandy to get the quantity needed. I don't think it was her favorite task, but it provided a strong visual in the end. Author Leigh Whannell has a great sense of humor, and as seen in all of the films he has penned, it pops up again in The Last Key. Elise's collegues Tucker and Specs return, and this time, up the ante by procuring a new Spectral Sightings vehicle that looks like a A. SketchUp design of the Further prison cell block. Drawn by Melanie Paizis Jones. B. Rendering of the Further prison cell block. Drawn in SketchUp by Melanie Paizis Jones and refined by Hunter Brown using SketchUp, Twilight render and Photoshop post-processing. C. Elise's father Gerald Rainier (Josh Stewart) in her cell at Further prison. Cell block built on stage at Santa Clarita Studios. Photo by Curtis Corbitt. D. Photo of Further prison cell block by Curtis Corbitt. E. Rainier house kitchen in 2008. Mentryville location. Photo by on-set dresser Justin Campanella. F. Garza (Kirk Acevedo) in his bedroom at the Mentryville location. Photo by Curtis Corbitt. G. Teenage Elise (Hana Hayes) in the 1961 Rainer house hallway in Mentryville location. Photo by Curtis Corbitt. H. Rainier house hallway in the time of Garza (2008). Mentryville location. Photo by Melanie Jones. I. SketchUp concept rendering of bible stack—drawn by Hunter Brown. E F G H I