Quarantine
Stu's confinement, first in Texas and then
in Vermont, was originally written in a fairly
claustrophobic way. I wanted to find a way to make
what was essentially a prison cell more interesting.
I pitched the idea that the facility where Stu
is transported in the first episode is one of the
undisclosed locations where top government
ocials are evacuated during times of crisis.
This facility was meant to be hundreds of feet
below ground so I couldn't exactly put in a
window. The Art Department proposed creating
a virtual environment to be proected outside of
a practical garden, bringing outside in. We didn't
want this to be an effect, but rather wanted it to
motivate the lighting and mood of the scene and
make the viewer question where they were. The
best option for this was an LED screen outside the
set with prerecorded playback to create a little
surprise when the view out the window suddenly
shifted behind Stu and Dr. Ellis. In addition to
this stage set, which was connected to a long
corridor and elevator, a bunker command center
E. RENDERING OF THE
STOVINGTON COMMAND
CENTER BY SET DESIGNER
LINDSAY LEDOHOWSKI,
MODELED IN SOLID
WORKS AND RENDERED IN
ENSCAPE.
F. STOVINGTON
COMMAND CENTER. SET
PHOTO.
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D
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