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Construction supervisor Anthony Syracuse's talented and resourceful crew. They were designed to be slightly larger than scale to accommodate the camera angles and the sprawling cast, but also to ensure a level of safety, as the movie filmed during the height of the COVID pandemic. Haddon Township, New Jersey: The first Fabelman home was designed with a number of rooms, nooks and crannies to capture Sammy's interior life and how his love for filmmaking begins taking over every corner of life. A garage becomes a sound stage to crash and film toy trains; a small dark closet becomes Sammy's private projection room. The house provided basic metaphors out of simple things for Sammy's new world of cinema. The color scheme was inspired by photos of spaces inside Spielberg's New Jersey home with green living room wallpaper, contrasted with warm reddish accents in the dining area and kitchen. The complement of green and red represented the opposite personality types of Sammy's parents: Burt, the earthy technician, and Mitzi, the passionate artist, and their influence on Sammy. The basic furnishings—most of them from the 1940s, dated even for the time period of the film— have an unspoken backstory. As if they were given to Burt and Mitzi by family members at the start of their marriage to help them extend their family. Phoenix, Arizona: The second Fabelman house—an elongated, one- story ranch-style home—appears in earthy desert hues with splashes of blue, Steven's mother's favorite color. The Art Department leaned into F. ARIZONA HOME STAGE SET. LIVING ROOM. RENDERED 3D MODEL BY ANDY BROOMELL. G. ARIZONA HOME STAGE SET. LIVING ROOM. H. ARIZONA HOME EXTERIOR. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN POLIZZI. E F G H