Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1512164
a phenomenal job getting this wildly complicated build to the finish line. I will never forget him arriving well before sunrise the morning of Day One, placing the last graphics to complete the set before crew call. One of many other sets I feel especially proud of is Knowhere, the Guardians' headquarters and homebase during the film. Production Designer Charles Wood laid beautiful groundwork for this planet in the first Guardians film, and it was a dream to continue its development for the third film. The crew filled a 40,000-square-foot stage with an alien cityscape, which comprised of twenty separate buildings built up to four stories tall. Many of these structures had full interiors built into them as well, including Quill and Rocket's apartments that were reached by climbing three stories of stairs into the central apartment building overlooking the street. Much of the Bowie philosophy was carried into this build—laying out the spaces to organically match the choreography and interactions of the characters, with minimal cuts needed. This is best seen in the opening of C D E F G