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Future Times Square and LED Wall This season offered the Westworld crew our first opportunities to work with an LED wall, "in the Volume." In a few scenes, some of the show's integral characters walk through a future Times Square, now a fully landscaped pedestrian zone, with planters and virtual trees towering above on converted digital billboards, among even more glass and steel facades. It was nice to have 3D models for reference when looking to accurately represent camera angles and movement. This was important, considering the digital backgrounds were organized in two distinct views, coordinated with set decoration, and actions would generally take place in limited directions. Executive producer/director Richard J. Lewis, a key player in maintaining the show's quality with his focus on compelling visuals and creative solutions, directed several of these LED wall scenes. Along with show runners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, Richard is one of the directors I've worked most closely with over the past four seasons. "Any Volume sequence requires immaculate preconception in the form of storyboards. Without the storyboards, there is no way to prepare a complicated visual effects sequence such as this, we are designing elements that will be applied Leading Christina and Teddy notice agitation Angle past agitation Teddy looks to bg agitation Screens alternate between nature and ads Reflections of pixilation in her eyes She looks off camera