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material necessary to create accurate and fi tting backgrounds and changes. John was based in the rt Department and was there for all of preproduction and shooting. We discussed each set and specifi c shots at length through the fi rst rough composites and kept in touch about the work throughout its progress. An ideal art/VFX working relationship. Another challenge was the sheer volume of scenery something like one hundred seventyfi ve sets through the ten episodes. Managing workfl ow can be daunting, but Jann Engel was masterful in wrangling problems thrown at us, directing design development through evolving scripts and frequent schedule changes. Two large stages housed fi ve large core' sets and a revolving number of swing sets. Bob Evans' o ce on the lot, two years after his passing, had yet to be completely gutted and renovated…the set needed to be a stage build, given the sheer volume of scene work set there—but surveying the actual o ce was a brief taste of time travel. To diff erentiate the two NC crime family bases—the social clubs of Carlo Gambino and oe Colombo—I relied on the characters' age and background. Carlo Gambino, head of 'The Commission,' was born in Palermo in and came to the US at the age of 19; his club on Mulberry Street, in the heart of Little Italy, was headquarters of his 'family,' comprised of fellow immigrants of his generation. The style of that interior is traditional, leaning heavily into the original paneling and ceiling, tile, mouldings and fi xtures of the th century building. Joe Colombo, twenty years younger and born in NC, was the fi rst merican born head of a NY crime family. So, his cohort being younger and fi rstgeneration merican, the style of his rooklyn club had a 's sensibility. I could imagine that at some point, oe had commandeered a local bar in Carroll Gardens— encouraging its owner and patrons to move on— and embraced the existing CT fl oor, low ceiling, pool table and jukebox. A large NYC hotel set morphed over the months from one room or suite to another. And the Polo C. CASTELLO DEGLI SCHIAVI. COMPLETED SET WITH VFX SET EXTENSION. PARAMOUNT+. D. COLOMBO SOCIAL CLUB. PENCIL SKETCH BY LAURENCE BENNETT. C D