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Paintings hen first met with ia, she asked me what thought the hardest part of designing the film would be. immediately thought that it would be creating the art that nthony paints. proposed that we find a real artist in hicago to work with us on developing the content with hopes that this would be the best way to create authentic artwork. hen landed in hicago, really felt like had two obs. The day ob was scouting locations and the afterhours and weekend ob was scouting for the artist. had created a lookbook of artwork that I thought matched the tone of what I wanted nthonys work to feel likeand also wanted to bring someone into the fold who could take all of those ideas, but also bring in their own concepts and style and help create something uniue to the film. fter an ehaustie search, found two candidates whose work really felt right for the proect, but were also diametrically different from each other in style and content. n the end, the production decided to hire both of them. ameron Spratleys fresh style really embodied nthonys early work and Sherwin ids haunting portraits really captured the new work he creates once he becomes overcome by the lore of Candyman. The content was also a challenge. The script was completely open to what nthonys work was, een though the cru of his mental breakdown was really told through the work. ia, an ooper creatie producer, and spent hours oer weeks brainstorming on what the work should be. The scene where rianna discoers nthonys art was scripted ery loosely. t didnt specify what the art was, but it was meant to be a maor turning point and reelation for rianna in discoering nthonys mindset. This led to a lot of conersations on what he could be painting and what could define or render a painting scary. came to euate this with a faorite ubrick film of mineThe Shining—and the scene in which endy finds acks manuscripts. t isnt the writing that she finds scary, its the sheer fact that he's been writing the same thing— over and over, which many hae said is the definition of madness. That led me to the idea that nthony is perhaps painting the same thing over and over, in a fugue state, and perhaps it's a face (his face) that A-C. ANTHONY'S ARTWORK CREATED BY SHERWIN OVID. D. ANTHONY'S STUDIO. PRODUCTION STILL. UNIVERSAL PICTURES. E. NIGHT DRIVER GALLERY. BUILT ON LOCATION. SET PHOTO. F. NIGHT DRIVER GALLERY. LIVE'S OFFICE FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARNOLD KEMP. SET PHOTO. G. NIGHT DRIVER GALLERY. SET PHOTO. H. NIGHT DRIVER GALLERY. SCULPTURES BY TORKWASE DYSON AND GRAFFITI BY TUBS. PRODUCTION STILL. A B C D