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foreboding vibe of the bond shop next door. Instead of building an interior house set on stage, the production opted to develop her space outdoors with views of the bond shop, the woods hiding Hub's darkest secret and the beloved stump, which becomes the scapegoat for all Hub's frustrations. These porch scenes have the richness of being rooted in the world just outside her screened-in porch. It allowed us to create a unique space that showcases the vibrancy of Kitty's character, using historically significant but carefully restored furniture featuring floral patterns, natural and painted woods, and wicker. We added musical instruments to allude to the family jam sessions, height markers for both Hub and Cade as they grew, and religious iconography, both irreverent and classic, which epitomize Kitty's character. The colors for this set leaned sunny and optimistic, reflecting Kitty's deep faith. The perfect hue was found by mixing two aptly named yellows—Harp Strings and Mother Earth. I love it when a color reflects a character's spirit. The crew added two quarter moon windows on the second story to emulate eyes watching over the characters, and a rotunda on the porch, which created additional space for the action and gave the porch a unique profile from many angles. The challenge in designing the interior bond shop was to create a set that could be blocked in multiple ways across various action sequences. It was intentionally designed to function as a racetrack of sorts, with numerous points of ingress and egress, allowing action to be blocked in different ways and from various angles throughout the season, creating many places for Hub to escape to when pursued by demons. Another strategy in the design was to create frames within frames—all the doorways and windows were carefully placed to maximize depth and interest. The bond shop is a multigenerational set and required careful curation of layers of artifacts. I started with the base layer of his grandfather, the original owner of the garage—a faded logo on the wall, vintage car-centric equipment, tools and signage. Converting the last two bays into the bond shop headquarters, complete with a mix of vintage and contemporary seating, desks, bulletin boards and file cabinets. Hub's desk sits at the vanishing point in the back bay, allowing the A. HALLORAN COMPOUND. LAYOUT ON AERIAL PHOTO CREATED USING VECTORWORKS AND PHOTOSHOP BY ART DIRECTOR JASON GARNER. B. EXTERIOR BOND SHOP. PAINT AND SIGNAGE ELEVATION CREATED USING VECTORWORKS AND PHOTOSHOP BY ART DIRECTOR JASON GARNER. C. EXTERIOR BOND SHOP. SKETCHUP MODEL BY SET DESIGNER XI YANG. D. EXTERIOR BONDS SHOP. BUILT ON LOCATION, SENOIA, GA. SET PHOTO BY KASEY ADAMS. A B C D