Friday 21 June 2013

Behind the scenes #19



This photos reveals the flimsy reality of the ambulance's control centre. This was built in a bus garage beside the house location. Of course there was nothing on the screens and so Alex and Julian had to stare at a square of perspex and look concerned.

While this set was being constructed we ran out of time and money. The walls and fake doors had been built, but they had no handles and it all looked a bit flat. Who knew handles were so expensive? I remembered watching Star Wars documentaries as a kid and seeing how they would stick all sorts of household plastic and bits of air-fix kit to the Millennium Falcon and spray it grey. Surely we could do something similar?

Last year I had some work done on my flat and the builders left behind a box of packers - a plastic wedge used for levelling doors and stud work. They are fairly unusual looking. Well, spray them with orange car paint and et voilĂ  - cheap handles for our sci-fi control centre!

If you like the look of these handles and would like to try a similar look at home, you can buy them here.

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