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How ‘Shōgun’ Transformed Vancouver Soundstages and Backlots Into Feudal Japan
"Shogun's" production designer Helen Jarvis on how she transformed modern-day Vancouver into 1600 Feudal Japan.
If you look at a contemporary view, it’s mostly built up with concrete with many inlets and there wasn’t one huge harbor as such.” A vacant lot in Vancouver’s suburbs which sat on the waterfront turned out to be the perfect location to transform. Jarvis adds that the samurai houses needed to be completely waterproofed due to the gloomy Vancouver weather. One aspect that stood out to Jarvis was through her research, she noticed modern ceremonial halls had flat ceilings that were relatively low.
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