Post by Ripley on Aug 9, 2017 13:32:39 GMT -5
Variety- The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale and This is Us are also mentioned for the challenges involved with production.
"“...Writers and producers who create period pieces — whether that period is 15 years ago, 30 years ago, or an indeterminate future — have the added challenge of the specificity of the time...
I will freely admit, as with most things, we went in blissfully unaware of the challenges,” says Peter Gould, co-showrunner of AMC’s “Better Call Saul.” His show takes place about 15 years in the past, which Gould thought would be easier to re-create than anything set decades before that. He very quickly found that wasn’t true with every detail he needed to bring into the show, though.
...In addition to being limited with the kinds of vehicles “Better Call Saul” can feature, even in the background of exterior shots, the show is also set early enough that the use of cell phones was very different. Gould could write scenes where his characters call each other quickly from wherever they are, which certainly helps in disseminating information among them without using too many eights of a page, but the same cannot be said for when they need to look up information. After all, 15 years ago was still a time before smartphones were extensions of people’s hands. Working on the show has forced Gould to focus more on the “when” of things, as well as to tap into the specific culture of the time...
...Over the course of the season, “This Is Us” relied on wardrobe, hair styles (including facial hair), and such key props as landline telephones to further drive this point home. Fogelman points to the season finale as one episode that was “incredibly ambitious” and therefore complicated, but he’s proud of what they accomplished. “When you do this stuff, you’ve got to accept that it’s going to be challenging,” Fogelman says....
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I will freely admit, as with most things, we went in blissfully unaware of the challenges,” says Peter Gould, co-showrunner of AMC’s “Better Call Saul.” His show takes place about 15 years in the past, which Gould thought would be easier to re-create than anything set decades before that. He very quickly found that wasn’t true with every detail he needed to bring into the show, though.
...In addition to being limited with the kinds of vehicles “Better Call Saul” can feature, even in the background of exterior shots, the show is also set early enough that the use of cell phones was very different. Gould could write scenes where his characters call each other quickly from wherever they are, which certainly helps in disseminating information among them without using too many eights of a page, but the same cannot be said for when they need to look up information. After all, 15 years ago was still a time before smartphones were extensions of people’s hands. Working on the show has forced Gould to focus more on the “when” of things, as well as to tap into the specific culture of the time...
...Over the course of the season, “This Is Us” relied on wardrobe, hair styles (including facial hair), and such key props as landline telephones to further drive this point home. Fogelman points to the season finale as one episode that was “incredibly ambitious” and therefore complicated, but he’s proud of what they accomplished. “When you do this stuff, you’ve got to accept that it’s going to be challenging,” Fogelman says....
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