Dressing the streets for the era can make all the difference in your period piece.
Nothing takes you out of a film faster than poor set design. Unfortunately for many films that take place outside in the 19th and 20th centuries, the world has to be altered significantly to convince the audience that we’ve traveled back in time.
Transforming city streets for a period piece is where set designers like Oscar-nominated set decorator Rena DeAngelo shine the brightest. Rena DeAngelo has worked on period pieces like The French Dispatch, West Side Story, The Post, and Mad Men, transforming the streets through props that replicate the culture of the time.
DeAngelo took Insider on a tour through Eclectic Encore Props in NYC to show us how she turns modern-day city streets into a 20th century time capsule. Check out the full tour in the video below.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
