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In contrast, Nilo's River Adventure has clean white ships, plenty of advertising cash and all the trappings of a successful business. Inside the offi ce, Nilo's desk area was fi tted out with River Adventure fl yers, custom stationery and billheads featuring his pet parrot. Nilo did not have a last name in the script, so when it came to putting his name on the door, I knew that just using a fi rst name wouldn't cut it. I looked across the room to where concept illustrator Luca Nemolato was working and thought, "Nilo Nemolato has a nice ring to it." It was approved by production and hand-painted on his door. Given Nilo's many diff erent business interests in Porto Velho, I decide to just use "Entrepreneur" as a title. Another Nilo business was the local tavern. Set dec requested some large posters to add 'history' to the set, so I designed fi ve pieces of advertising that he had commissioned in the past. I was able to use a key frame drawing by illustrator Victor Martinez in some of the pieces and stock images to fi ll in the rest. Properties: Newspapers and Journals Shortly before shooting the market scene, the director told the prop team that he wanted a A. AN ADVERTISING POSTER FOR NILO'S RIVER ADVENTURE USED IN NILO'S TAVERN. GRAPHIC DESIGN BY KAREN TENEYCK. BOAT ILLUSTRATION: VICTOR MARTINEZ. B. ADVERTISING POSTER FOR NILO'S RIVER ADVENTURE. GRAPHIC DESIGN BY KAREN TENEYCK. C. AN ADVERTISING POSTER FOR NILO'S RIVER ADVENTURE USED IN NILO'S TAVERN. GRAPHIC DESIGN BY KAREN TENEYCK. BOAT ILLUSTRATION: VICTOR MARTINEZ. D. STATIONARY AND BILLHEAD IN NILO'S OFFICE. GRAPHIC DESIGN BY KAREN TENEYCK. A B C D E