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‘Paradise,’ ‘The Residence’ and ‘Zero Day’ Production Designers on Recreating The White House for TV
"Paradise," "he Residence' and "Zero Day" production designers on recreating The White House for TV
With TV and film crews are prohibited from shooting at the real location, it was left to production designers to replicate the historic residence through their work, more often than not, by usingpreviously built sets. Production designer François Audouy wanted to show audiences a White House they had never seen before, and brought that into “The Residence,” a whodunnit with Uzo Aduba as detective Cordelia Cupp attempting to narrow down her list of suspects. The show, which opens with a tour through the White House and ends with a board-game-esque view, was shot at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles, which served as his home base where he built his sets.
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