Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1438629
Brianna and Anthony's Loft Apartment uring preproduction, read the book High-Risers, a history of Cabrini, and I learned that all of the warehouses surrounding the area employed the residents of abrini in the early th century. thought it could add so much depth to the story if we were to make rianna and nthonys loft one of these former warehouses, now turned luury loft. The building that became the hero set had been an old ower distribution facility and had been renovated with glass and steel lofts literally sitting on top of it. The lofts were huge, so really tried to make it seem like a onebedroom, twostory apartment, instead of the sprawling fourstory condo that it was. The film ended up using two different lofts, as one was perfectly positioned looking out toward the new hie of highrises and the apartment next door had what I considered a perfect space for nthonys loft. The balcony literally looked out onto the field where the towers once sat. really felt like these two iews perfectly represented rianna and nthonys differing mindset, one looking toward the past and one looking toward the present. wanted rianna and nthonys personal style to be ery eclectic and filled with art and art books. The crew ended up building false walls oer a lot of builtins to add more wall space for hanging art and also built seeral walltowall bookcases. e also painted a number of the walls Farrow & Ball Hale Navy, to create a moody space for the night scenes. e based our set decoration on references of real artists' and curators' apartments and set decorator yan atson filled the space with new and intage pieces. e also decorated the space with all original art from local Chicago artists that I had connected with during my search for the artist that would create nthonys work. F. BRIANNA AND ANTHONY'S LOFT. BEDROOM. ALL THE ART WAS SOURCED IN CHICAGO AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS. SET PHOTO. G. BRIANNA AND ANTHONY'S LOFT. PRODUCTION STILL.. D E F G