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molded plastic architectural cancer that seems out of place is eating over the previous architecture; the colonial entity wants to make its presence known without any doubt they are there to stay. A Plastic World Giedi Prime was a lot of fun to design. It's a planet that has been over-exploited by the Harkonnens. Denis had always wanted their world to be made of black molded plastic as a reminder of oil. During Christmas time that year, I was back in Montreal and I remember driving in the countryside where I was struck by some sort of a vision. I was passing by a lot that was filled with different shapes of… black, plastic-molded septic tanks. It really looked like a miniature version of Giedi Prime. They were a bit dusty from the being outside in the elements, so they also had this perfect sheen. From that moment, it was clear. What do you find inside septic tanks? Harkonnens of course. I started researching how these were made and the different interesting shapes they come in. Denis had the idea of having a black sun that would give the planet a colorless atmosphere. When you're inside the buildings, you see the natural skin color, but for the exterior settings, that black sun suppresses colors. Denis and cinematographer Greig Fraser decided using black-and-white infrared camera would give a disturbing and unique look. They did a lot of tests to see how the infrared would affect the material used for these B C D E