Blowing Smoke

Cinematography Workshop
Project: UN sponsored Global Warming PSA
Design and build a set for a student project

I production designed a second Public Service Announcement for the United Nations, in the same class. For this commercial, the director envisioned a monumental, cavernous, opulent looking hall. Budget restraints required us to film in front of a bluescreen and digitally create the space in Post Production. We photographed Los Angeles’ Union Station, and recreated the background scenery for the finished product.


I built and fabricated the curved table, to a dimension stately enough for the unwavering panel.




Even the drinking glasses and water are tainted, dark...


While the girl’s glass and pitcher start out clean and pure.


This beautiful sculpture never made it into the final cut, though it was filmed from several different angles.

The final PSA can be seen here.