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Sets appeal: the distracting beauty of TV backdrops

The distracting beauty of TV backdrops

28 November 2020

9:00 AM

28 November 2020

9:00 AM

Never mind the regal and political tussles depicted in The Crown; the real action comes with the closing credits. This is the kind of list of job titles of which many feature films can only dream. In addition to the seven art directors of various ranks, there is an art department co–ordinator, art department assistant, five set decorators, two set decoration runners and a set decoration prop driver.

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