Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1152740
up newspaper clippings, the exposed conduit, the blacked-out hallway windows and marble walls, the candy jar and stuffed animals on a court clerk's desk, where the phone booths once stood, the human choices, the utility of underfunding. All this would be tapped into as the courthouse was built. Overlaps in municipal construction were found, noticing the same subway tiles in the public schools, prisons, courtrooms, projects, the municipality through-line. Imagine the ominous feeling when you discover that your schools resemble your prisons. For the first scout with Ava and Bradford, I wanted to walk the path the children took that awful night—an opportunity to solemnly feel those men and their loss, together as a creative team. We visited an apartment near where Antron lived and met a Muslim man who opened his home to us. We asked him about Mecca, and he teared up, retelling us the story of when he visited. He talked about the goodness of his fellow man and how this was especially true of the millions of people there. If a wallet was left on on a table, the owner could return hours later and find it untouched. We later went to the subway stop that Kevin had exited, to the Taft projects where Raymond had met up with friends, and to the courtyard of the Schomburg houses where Yusef, Kevin and Korey lived. Then came the park. Central Park was bustling that day. There were young couples, hipsters and children running free—all ethnicities enjoying the warmth. The best moments in New York are the first warm days of spring. The towers of Schomburg perfectly frame the northeast entrance to the park. With thirty-five stories, they provide a full view of the area, but E. THE PRECINCT LOBBY. THE ENTIRE PRECINCT EMPLOYED LIGHTING THAT PATTERNED AND LINED THE CAMERA FRAME IN A REALISTIC BUT STRIKING WAY. F. PRECINCT LOBBY. PLAN SHOWING THE POSTION OF LIGHTING FIXTURES. G. MCCRAY FAMILY PALETTE. I LIKE TO ASSIGN COLORS TO EACH CHARACTER IN A SPACE, ADDING THE BASE COLORS AND COMPLEMENTS IMAGINED FOR THE SPACE IN GENERAL. THIS HELPS ME VISUALIZE HOW THEIR COLOR STORIES WILL WORK AS AN OVERALL MOOD OR TONE. H. MCCRAY APARTMENT STYLE BOARD. FOR EACH OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS, A STYLE BOARD IS CREATED OF THE BASE HUMAN INTERESTS THAT SPEAK TO THEM. I. KEVIN'S APARTMENT. SET PHOTO. E G F I H