Oscar nominated production designer James Price explains how he co-created the world of Poor Things.
Techniques from a bygone era were used to create the striking and surreal backdrop to one of the year’s most recognised films.
Oscar nominee James Price, from Herefordshire, worked with co-designer Shona Heath to create the Victorian sci-fi world of Poor Things, home to protagonist Bella Baxter. The 2023 movie, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone alongside Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe, has received 11 Academy Award nominations.The director wanted to make it studio based and produced as if films from the 1930s were made now, Price said.“We built a Tower Bridge as a scale model too, which was really fun,” he added.“They were absolutely huge, 60 meters by 20 meters, and there’s only a few people can do that because it’s a dying art,” he said.
Pupils and staff at his former Herefordshire School, would be supporting him on Sunday night, he said. “Wigmore School played a big part in my life, it was hugely influential, as was Hereford Art College," he said.Old and new technologies were used to create the aesthetic, said the production designer"It’s going to be like being at a family wedding."
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