SHORT FILM
KENTUCKY BOURBON
STILLS
CREDIT
Production Designer
FOCUS
Prop Fabrication, Logistics, Budgeting, Set Dressing, Distressing/Aging, Prop Sourcing
Timeframe
3 weeks pre-production, 1 weekend shoot
BACKGROUND — apartment + basement of an alcoholic in a toxic relationship
BTS SET PHOTOS
LIVING ROOM
BATHROOM
KITCHEN
BEDROOM
MISC.
PROP FABRICATION — the concrete pit
REsearch
The main objectives for the fabrication of the pit: a seamless concrete exterior and waterproof interior for the black goo.
*Note: sketches by Christian Restad (Production Designer)
FABRICATION PROCESS
Started from concrete slab; hand carved, chiseled, and painted to imitate location floor. Included trapdoor mechanism for mimicking bubbles in the black goo.
