Sets for a TV series do yeoman’s work in setting tone and mood — but they’re also lived in and familiar after a few episodes. The sets for a sketch comedy series? Those have to hit every mark immediately before the show jumps to the next set-up and location.
On “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” it was the job of production designers Michele Yu and Cindy Chao to create settings that spotlighted the heightened comedy or contributed to ridiculous(ly funny) worlds in themselves — and to do it about 40 times a season.
The number of sketches that Yu and Chao worked on during Season 4 of the Robin Thede-led HBO comedy was actually higher; about 10 sketches get cut over the course of production each season. What stayed in was as wide-ranging as an ancient desert town, a Victorian mansion, a church that could double as a basketball court, a high-end hotel,...
On “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” it was the job of production designers Michele Yu and Cindy Chao to create settings that spotlighted the heightened comedy or contributed to ridiculous(ly funny) worlds in themselves — and to do it about 40 times a season.
The number of sketches that Yu and Chao worked on during Season 4 of the Robin Thede-led HBO comedy was actually higher; about 10 sketches get cut over the course of production each season. What stayed in was as wide-ranging as an ancient desert town, a Victorian mansion, a church that could double as a basketball court, a high-end hotel,...
- 8/20/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
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Netflix and Dark Horse Comics have settled a copyright lawsuit from comic book artist Kevin Atkinson alleging the idea for a fish-tank headed villain in The Umbrella Academy was lifted from him, according to Atkinson’s attorney.
Details of the deal, filed on Wednesday, were not made public as the filing is sealed. The agreement was reached less than a month after the judge overseeing the case granted Netflix’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit for a second time. Atkinson was given one last chance to fix his claims but opted to settle.
Atkinson sued last year claiming that the source material, published in 2008, from which Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy is adapted, copied his design for a character that first appeared in 1996 in his Rogue Satellite Comics. Both characters are villains known for having talking fish in bell jars as heads with normal human bodies.
Netflix and Dark Horse Comics have settled a copyright lawsuit from comic book artist Kevin Atkinson alleging the idea for a fish-tank headed villain in The Umbrella Academy was lifted from him, according to Atkinson’s attorney.
Details of the deal, filed on Wednesday, were not made public as the filing is sealed. The agreement was reached less than a month after the judge overseeing the case granted Netflix’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit for a second time. Atkinson was given one last chance to fix his claims but opted to settle.
Atkinson sued last year claiming that the source material, published in 2008, from which Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy is adapted, copied his design for a character that first appeared in 1996 in his Rogue Satellite Comics. Both characters are villains known for having talking fish in bell jars as heads with normal human bodies.
- 6/9/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedy writer/director David Wain returns to the Sundance Film Festival for a fourth time with A Futile and Stupid Gesture, his feature on the rise and fall of the National Lampoon empire. The film stars Will Forte as Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney and is based on a 2006 book by Josh Karp. Wain tapped Kevin Atkinson to shoot the film after the two worked together on Wain’s Childrens Hospital and the prequel and sequel to Wet Hot American Summer. Below, Atkinson discusses his experiences as Dp on the project with Filmmaker. A Futile and Stupid Gesture hits Netflix on January […]...
- 1/27/2018
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Director: J. T. Mollner
Writer: J. T. Mollner
Noremake Productions comes through with the mind-bending short film "The Red Room." Delivering the right amount of lighting effects and characterizations "The Red Room," delivers in a few minutes what many full feature films cannot in an hour and a half, an entertaining, sophisticated viewing experience. Director J. T. Mollner amps up the tension in the film, with various photography techniques, while Mikos Zavros as Nicholas Rowe and Nathan Russell as Dr. Hardley Prince work off of each others performances to make the screenplay for "The Red Room," shine.
The plot involves character Rowe partaking in some criminal activity, for money, with temporary business partner Dr. Hardley Prince. Meeting in a dark, well-lit parking lot an additional meeting location is discussed and once at Rowe's apartment the story moves into very grey territory.
Showing off the city landscapes cinematographer Kevin Atkinson uses...
Writer: J. T. Mollner
Noremake Productions comes through with the mind-bending short film "The Red Room." Delivering the right amount of lighting effects and characterizations "The Red Room," delivers in a few minutes what many full feature films cannot in an hour and a half, an entertaining, sophisticated viewing experience. Director J. T. Mollner amps up the tension in the film, with various photography techniques, while Mikos Zavros as Nicholas Rowe and Nathan Russell as Dr. Hardley Prince work off of each others performances to make the screenplay for "The Red Room," shine.
The plot involves character Rowe partaking in some criminal activity, for money, with temporary business partner Dr. Hardley Prince. Meeting in a dark, well-lit parking lot an additional meeting location is discussed and once at Rowe's apartment the story moves into very grey territory.
Showing off the city landscapes cinematographer Kevin Atkinson uses...
- 4/23/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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