Our production design should reflect the character serving the story.
He works with his hands, runs his own ranch, and has great taste in boots and beer. He likely grew up in this world — a couple of generations deep. He drinks the same beer his dad did. He likes things the way they’ve always been done.
What does that look like?
Vintage — but functional.
A vintage fridge.
Country stylings.
Wood furniture.
A worn (but not ragged) couch.
The small details that tell us who this couple is by showing, not telling.
Given constraints, we can’t build everything from scratch. But I love finding locations that are already 80% there, enhancing rather than bringing in everything ourselves...
Robyn Tilby will be leading production design — she’s exceptional at building grounded, lived-in spaces with taste and restraint.
If there are any specific callouts that we have for production design, let’s chat about it.