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28 CINEMONTAGE / Q2 2019 photographs and interview by Wm. Stetz CineMontage: What's the inspiration for your décor? You seem to like Paris. Scott Wesley Ross: Well, I do. I took four years of French and I used to have a French girlfriend from Paris. I went on eBay and found backdrops of fake 3D windows looking out over major cities, beaches, stuff like that. But I wanted to make a loft since I already put on the wall the fake brick that I had in my garage. And where better to make it than Paris? This space was a blank room when I started working on the series Claws [2017-present] last year. I didn't have the brick, or the Parisian window view, or the fireplace — but that's like $28 on Amazon! I got a couple of blinking lights that look like fire and these little fake pieces of firewood that I threw on top of it. It's got nice ambience. I just like cool aesthetics. I don't really know how to build stuff, but I can mix colors together pretty well. CM: Where did you get that abstract art "masterpiece" painting above the cardboard fireplace? SWR: I created that. Most everything I use I either already have in my storage unit or loft…or I buy it on Amazon. >> Pimp My Bay Have the Digs You Want Where You Work ASSISTANT EDITOR Scott Wesley Ross' Editing Suite at Hula Post, Burbank, CA Inset: Ross' editing suite before the makeover. Photo by Luis Patino