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How ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Production Designer Built a Beached Ship the Size of a Football Field
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" production designer Daniel Dorrance on how he built the beached freight ship for Proximus Caesar's World.
Production designer Daniel T. Dorrance needed to create two contrasting worlds: Eagle Clan, Noa’s home, a paradise-like village filled with greenery and peace. The kingdom is next to an abandoned military base, a vault that Proximus believes is filled with technology left behind by humans and holds the answer to the future – if only he can get inside. Director Wes Ball wanted there to be as much in-camera filming as possible, so Dorrance made sure the environments were real since there was heavy CG to transform the actors.
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