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Then with as many environments as possible, I was conscious of making sure that the characters couldn't move through the space directly. Always putting hurdles in the way and adding jarring breadcrumbs to add to the lack of stability that the characters are feeling and that we, as the audience, are experiencing too. This was also set up in the sequence where Craig and Patoff start at Chipper's Bar, a down-and-dirty dive bar to the shiny object of the Sky Bar where Patoff invites Craig. As the story moves from the contrast of Chipper's to the Sky Bar, I created elements that give the audience clues into the future. I wanted to start in a small environment, the elevator into a dark space, the chamber outside of the club, and then into the club, which was a vast open wide space with lots of shiny objects and a huge contrast to the dive bar in the previous scene. I used a color palette of blue and gold with red (drinks—at the end of the bar scene, Craig's drink turns red), being a clue into who Patoff might be. The blue represents the concept of almost sadness. I created a blue crying tree that only appears for a second on screen, but it typifies what is going on internally for Craig as he moves further into the story. Behind him, at the main table, is a gold cage light fixture resembling gold prison bars. The daggers over his head represent the Sword of Damocles. "Craig, do you really want this power, or is it too high a price to pay?" (His career, his desire to climb the ladder of success, and his fiancé.) The gold is a clue into who Patoff is internally, it links to how far one may go for success, the jeweler, and the final skeleton in the game. ADG D. BLUE CRYING TREE. SET PHOTO. E. SKY BAR MAIN TABLE. SET PHOTO. Clarence Major, Ramsey Aver y (Pilot), Production Designers Alyssa Hill, Scott Cobb, Art Directors Andrew Chung, Jennifer Fullwood, Assistant Art Directors Brittany Elias Scott, Katelynn Wheelock, Dylan Reed, Set Designers Miguel Rosero, Jenna Huerta, Graphic Artists Beth Wooke, Nya Patrinos, Set Decorators D E