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S A L T B U R N | P E R S P E C T I V E 7 9 The center goal of the maze we created initially felt romantic and enchanting, but we knew it needed to feel uncomfortable. So we reached out to an amazing British sculptor, Nicola Hicks, who very kindly allowed us to use her style as inspiration for our family of Minotaurs. A great sculpting team set to work on 'Big Willy' (named for obvious reasons) and our in-house team of modelmakers created the smaller guys—Tom, Dick, Harry and…'the other one'—these smaller members of the clan mimicking some of Oliver's physical form. The maze center had a truly ominous and unsettling portent—easy to get lost and impossible to navigate. The world-renowned maze designer Adrian Fisher then created our fictional maze and routes for the smaller wooden version which was placed up high in the library so voyeurs could watch and plot guests getting lost…or found. The parties of excess were fun to research ('method' research for this particular Art Department!). Referencing some crazy, over-the-top, infamous parties from magazines like Tatler and Vanity Fair; we even found mention of a cake-throwing party from the late '90s. The food was important, eating was a theme throughout so again our fabulous food stylist, Juliet Baptiste-Kelly, researched these sequences. The insane seafood dinner party meant finding the most handsome shellfish with characterful guises— the octopus and crab lazing about on platters as if they were choosing which sad, red-faced diner they were going to eat. The shepherd's pie—a classic British midweek supper dish—often served with peas and ketchup (our ketchup bottle however, having a silver stopper to add to the opulence)— 'Eat It, Just Eat It and Shut Up.' F. CONSTRUCTED GROTTO AREA WITHIN MAZE GOAL. SET PHOTO. G. SOUTH WALL OF CONSTRUCTED MAZE GOAL. SET PHOTO. H. SALTBURN PARTY. PRODUCTION STILL. I. SALTBURN DINNER TABLE. SET. PHOTO. I F H G