Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1539634
9 - 1 - 1 | P E R S P E C T I V E 2 5 highlights one set that was used as a hospital, a bio lab, an exploded bio lab, an industrial laundry room, this one exploded as well, and finally, the basement of a collapsed building. All of these sets were built in the same real estate inside stage 9 of Fox Studios in Century City, LA. This is a perfect example of our title: "Adapt to Survive…" This same concept happens to be the liet motif of the first responders of Station 118, representing of the glorious LAFD, and the heroes of 9-1-1! Just like the 118, the Art Department is always standing by, ready to extinguish the fires that will come from the writers' ink. In the process of making it happen, I sketch the sets and the procedures for how to create them on my office walls, right in front of my whole team. I explain my ideas through simple lines, some words and lots of sound effects. Schrichh, huuuuh, tasss, shhhh, pim, pum, pam! If time permits, I illustrate the concept for the directors, DPs and of course, the producers. Then the design team will usually simultaneously put together a SketchUp 3D model and 2D D E F G