SHORT FILM

PIT

STILLS

CREDIT

Art Director

FOCUS

Prop Fabrication, Practical Effects, Set Dressing, Set Decorating, Distressing/Aging

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

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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.
PROP FABRICATION — beer cans, pennies, weathering & aging, etc.

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*With the exception of the tree shafts, everything was created from scratch.

PROCESS

Assembly of set — from beginning to final set dressing (left to right).
PRACTICAL EFFECTS — gurgling pit mechanism, throwing up hemp rope, condensation on can, twitching frog, actions in goo tank, etc.
SET DRESSING / SET DECORATING (images of bathroom, living room, bedroom, kitchen, cereal bowl, )

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PrODUCTION

GRAPHICS