Rooster Production Design with Cabot McMullen: HBO, Steve Carell, Bill Lawrence & Comedy Set Design
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The episode features a discussion on the production design of HBO’s Rooster with Cabot McMullen and his team.
Production Designer Cabot McMullen , Art Director Raf Lydon , and Set Decoration Buyer Susan Chooljian join Decorating Pages Podcast to discuss the production design of HBO’s Rooster . Host Kim Wannop talks with the team about designing Ludlow College, creating an East Coast campus world in California, and building half-hour comedy sets with scale, texture, history, and character. Cabot shares his long creative history with Bill Lawrence, from Spin City and Scrubs to Shrinking and Rooster , and explains how authenticity drives the design of the show. The conversation covers the Warner Bros. stage builds, University of the Pacific exteriors, neo-Gothic architecture, the Elizabeth Stoddard Student Center, Walt’s office, the diner, the bar, the steam room, custom wallpaper, aging, plaster work, sourcing, graphics, and the layered design details that make Rooster feel like a real college town. For Your Emmy Consideration: Rooster Outstanding Production Design for a Half-Hour Program Production Designer: Cabot McMullenArt Director: Raf LydonSet Decoration Buyer: Susan Chooljian Listen to Decorating Pages Podcast for behind-the-scenes interviews with Production Designers, Set…
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