Creating the world of Lost

There is a very interesting article about the production of Lost at starbulletin.com. In the article we find out how Lost prouction designer Zack Grobler and Lost locations manager Jim Triplett work:

The crew’s call time is usually 6 a.m. Grobler said he’ll often work until 9 or 10 p.m. “I’ve been known not to go home,” he said.

Grobler has up to 50 people working for him, including art directors, film architects, set designers, painters, sculptors, carpenters, prop and set dressers, translators and researchers. If Sun and Jin have a scene in Korea, Triplett finds the place to shoot it, and Grobler makes it look genuine. What do the signs on streets and taxicabs and hotels say? How do they look? What about vehicle registration? Magazines a character would read? Architecture? Grobler designs and builds everything from scratch, and “we want to make sure we don’t get those wrong,” he said. “Sometimes we find perfect locations that have everything ready, but often it’s a just a shell.”

When an office building or private home must be dramatically altered, Grobler and his team take meticulous photos of the original arrangement. Then they remove everything, paint, put up signs, furnish in a way that’s appropriate to the era and characters, and shoot the scenes. Just as rapidly, the crew will undo the alterations, repaint the walls and replace the furniture and decorations. Grobler has even constructed a hospital in an empty office building for a day, which was easier than moving the crew to an actual hospital. All of this happens in two to three days.

The article offers an interesting insight into the massive amount of work that goes into the creation of a Lost episode. Highly recommended!

Read the entire article at starbulletin.com