International Bollywood thriller, 9 ELEVEN, (Production Design, Art Direction Set design by rOMAN gABRIEL ...) Music Launch/Press Conference for movie in Mumbai, India. Tomorrow.
A Bollywood film a was Production Designer, Art Director, and Set decorator on will be premiering in Mumbia India tomorrow. The Film, titled 9 Eleven, or Nine E, or Nine Eleven, I do not know how they are saying it in India, is a first of it's kind, as huge stylized thriller and completely shot on location in Washington, D.C.
Being the Production Designer on this film was HUGE and amazing undertaking. While every one on films has stories and accounts of having to create under pressure and under budgetary constraints and time constraints, mine felt like the movie the Abyss. In one night, I literally had to design, and budget an entire feature film, and one that called for physically building the sets out. Sets had to designed and every single last piece of wood and nail used to construct the sets put into budge while having to convince a brand new Executive Producer why a 2 dollar piece of wood, actually cost d dollars.
After the design of the structure, myself and a crew of only 2 set constructors set to build this massive underground bomb shelter bunker complete with cement floors, stuccoed walls and a working torture dungeon chamber and with working pull away walls that crew, lighting and grip techs could be able to climb, and indeed they did.
(Empty Office, Before)
Suddenly one day, there needed to be a Police scene the next day, schedules were chaning daily, hourly actually, and there was not a single location available to create this MUMBAI Police Cheif's office, to be filled out with Mugshots, real creime maps, real police reports, ( all created on site ) and in this empty office location that I found on line that used to be a call center a business owner was advertising to rent for a new business space.
(Finished Police Chief Office, After set design and art direction)
There are sooo many details in the frame of the film that are created that may never be seen. The police reports on the Police chiefs desk, the lovely adorned framed photo of Ghandi and the Prime minister, The Chiefs Diplomas and Graduation certificates from the Mumbai Police Academy, along with his favorite candy. These are the things a Production designer puts in the frame to create character before a single word is spoken.
The film was fashioned after an American thriller that the rights were purchased from. And through research I came to find out that crew, had the luxury of just set dressing an already supplied bunker. But I would not have changed a thing, or the fun of designing, building and painting the full working set.
As an artist, Production design is an amazing job. You Design, create, construct and direct every single artistic facet of a film, costumes and wardrobe, make up, lighting and archetecture and painting. I get in there and fine tune all the cracks and crevices of the set, painting in every spec of dust. Making sure the soap dish in the scene is placed just right. It's painting with moving pictures in the grandest canvass you can imagine. I love it. It's going to be a good looking film I can personally guarantee that.
Roman Gabriel, Director, Producer Production Designer, Art Director.
What a Production Designer , Art Director Does
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