Life Changing Medicine: The Story of a Set

L i fe C h a n g i n g M e d i c i n e the story of a set

L i fe C h a n g i n g M e d i c i n e the story of a set

first edition june 2015

Gui Talarico

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Life Changing Medicine™ is a medical documentary series distributed by the Discovery Channel ™ This series is the result of a partnership between the Discovery Channel and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and it was directed and produced by Summer Productions.

The set for the show was designed and constructed in collaboration with Summer Productions and Jaan Holt from the Virginia Tech Washington Alexandria Architecture Center.

COLLABORATORS Jaan Holt Jonathan Lawhead Helen Holt Stanley Staniski Ryan Pieper Antonio Paz Nick Men + Virginia Tech, Washington Alexandria Architecture Center

this tv set was designed to be transported and built in less than

8 hours this is how we did it

time. volatility. pulse. heart beat.

timing

design/planning

assembly

shooting

take-down

2 months

8 hours

5 hours

4 hours

2

4

8

5

the set

mobility

concept

budget

materials

assembled on site

medicine

approx. $20,000

avoid black + white

moved by small crew

news

complement skin tones

reusable + storable

technology

glare / reflectivity issues

cutting-edge

the walls this “pop up� system allowed for easy transportation and installation of the major elements of the set

with this system a twenty foot long wall can be erected by a single person in minutes.

graphics

a series of studies were performed and reviewed by the production team to determine the colors and patterns of the laminated graphics

other elements

wood acrylic metal to add more texture, depth, and interest to the graphic backdrop walls, patterns composed of other materials were layered in front of the laminated graphics.

only one problem left. how do you attach other materials to a wall made out of thin laminated plastic with no substantial structure behind?

magnets

2� ceramic magnet

1� ceramic magnet translucent acrylic laminated graphics nickel-plated magnet

magnetic grade stainless steel

over 1,000 individual magnets purchased

time to go.

the crew Ari Barci Javier Navarro Julieta Guillermet Kyoko Wakamatsu Milagros Sanchez Negar Ghasemieh Nick Menn Noel Jerome Rocio Sanchez

by the way this set has been assembled twice, in two different locations. assembly pictures shown in this book combine photos of the process at both occasions

time to shoot.

Life Changing Medicine™ is a medical documentary series distributed by the Discovery Channel™ This series is the result of a partnership between the Discovery Channel and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and it was directed and produced by Summer Productions.

The set for the show was designed and constructed in collaboration with Summer Productions and Jaan Holt from the Virginia Tech Washington Alexandria Architecture Center.

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