CAPOTE
FOR THIS PROJECT, WE SELECTED AN EXISTING FILM AND SCREENPLAY WE HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE AND CHOSE ONE OR TWO SETS TO DESIGN.
I DESIGNED PERRY SMITH'S PRISON CELL AND TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TOWNHOUSE. MY CONCEPT WAS TO CONNECT THE TWO SPACES BY TREATING THEM AS PART OF THE SAME ENVIRONMENT, SHOWING HOW BOTH MEN ARE TRAPPED IN THEIR OWN WAYS. PERRY IS CONFINED BY PRISON, WHILE CAPOTE IS CONFINED BY HIS OBSESSION WITH PERRY AND THE STORY.
USING A HIGH-CONCEPT APPROACH, I DESIGNED THE SETS TO VISUALLY REINFORCE THE PARALLEL BETWEEN THEIR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL IMPRISONMENT.
