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How the ‘Nickel Boys’ Team Delivered RaMell Ross’ Immersive Vision Through Detailed Design Work
How "Nickel Boys" creatives delivered RaMell Ross' immersive vision
In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, production designer Nora Mendis explains Ross’ vision came from a conceptual place. She says, “It was more about looking at contemporary artists, photos, content and what the justice system means throughout history.” Mendis adds, “Our conversations were based in a higher space of art, and he would trust us to go and do what we would do.” Landscape plays a big role, so the sugarcane fields at the end and what we see at Nickel Academy was very important that they be correct to the time and place.
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