The Art Dept.

This is The Art Dept, a podcast dedicated to the art behind movie and TV magic. This is an exploration and a showcase of the creatives that never write a line, say a single word nor appear on screen yet their work creates the scene, the feel and the backstory for the characters you love and love to hate. Kimberly Wannop an EMMY Award winning set decorator worked on a number of your favorite shows including, Bones, The Good Place, VEEP, Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn nine-nine. The set decorators, art directors and all of the members of the art department have this unique job of telling a story, about characters, both real and imagined in a way that shows how they live or lived, how they became the characters that the actors want you to believe them to be. Kimberly Wannop is an absolute pro and this is her story. Thank you for listening to this episode of The Art Dept. Every episode will feature the Hollywood elite, the A-Listers who make TV and movie magic every day. Please follow us @ConvoByDesign on twitter and @ConvoXDesign on Instagram, you can also track the show using #TheArtDepartmentPodcast (all spelled out). The show is available everywhere you find your favorite podcasts. I’m Josh Cooperman, thanks for listening.

This is The Art Dept, a podcast dedicated to the art behind movie and TV magic. This is an exploration and a showcase of the creatives that never write a line, say a single word nor appear on screen yet their work creates the scene, the feel and the backstory for the characters you love and love to hate. I’m Josh Cooperman and in this episode, you are going to hear from William DeBiasio, set decorator on such TV shows as Famous in Love, Ray Donovan and Pretty Little Liars and an upcoming new NETFLIX original project called What/If. William is what I would call a complete set decorator. He takes everything into account prior to setting up the design. He pre-strategizes what products may get popular, establishes the spaces for where he believes the characters will develop as people over time and imagines and re-imagines their lives, how they live and react to other characters. This is a conversation with set decorator William DeBiasio.

This is The Art Dept, a podcast dedicated to the art behind movie and TV magic. This is an exploration and a showcase of the creatives that never write a line, say a single word nor appear on screen yet their work creates the scene, the feel and the backstory for the characters you love and love to hate. I’m Josh Cooperman and this episode of the podcast features an interview with set decorator, Beth Wooke. Beth’s body of work is vast with some amazing shows, not the least of which is the TV smash hit, This Is Us. Beth defined the characters for us, showed us how the live, where and how they spend their time. We learn by how these characters live how they are like and unlike us. And these are people we have grown to care for, deeply. Beth defined these people in the first season and that really seems to be Beth’s super-power. I wanted to know more about how Beth does this, where she gets her inspiration from and they answer may or may not surprise you. What you will hear, is how this creative uses her personal experiences to shape the environment of the characters and makes them come to life in between the lines. Before we get to Beth, I want you to hear from another set decorator, Don Diers. Don has a truly diverse body of work. He has decorated sets for The Muppets, Jane the Virgin, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. Don is also a cross-over in the art department with work as a production designer, art director, set dresser and prop master. Thank you for listening to this episode of The Art Dept. Every episode will feature the Hollywood elite, the A-Listers who make TV and movie magic every day. Please follow us @ConvoByDesign on twitter and @ConvoXDesign on Instagram, you can also track the show using #TheArtDepartmentPodcast (all spelled out). The show is available everywhere you find your favorite podcasts. I’m Josh Cooperman, thanks for listening.

This is The Art Dept, a podcast dedicated to the art behind movie and TV magic. This is an exploration and a showcase of the creatives that never write a line, say a a single word nor appear on screen yet their work creates the scene, the feel and the backstory for the characters you love and love to hate. I’m Josh Cooperman and this episode features a conversation with Oscar and BAFTA Award winner Victor Zolfo. Zolfo has works on some truly memorable projects including The Avengers, The Social Network, Deepwater Horizon, Real Steel, Daredevil, Godzilla, and many others but what is really interesting about this list is the diversity in his work. You have a range in genres, but look at the diversity in time and feel. Victor’s job, his art is taking words from a page and crafting an environment so when you and I go see this movie, we believe that character but also that the character belongs in that space. You are also going to hear from set decorator, Michelle Poulik. Every creative has a different path to passion. This is hers, from working with Ford to starting her own “all girl” production company in a time when it was highly uncommon. Every episode will feature members of Hollywood elite, the A-Listers who make TV and movie magic every day. Please follow us @ConvoByDesign on twitter @ConvoXDesign on Instagram, you can also track the show using #TheArtDepartmentPodcast . The show is available everywhere you find your favorite podcasts.

This is The Art Dept., a podcast dedicated to those that construct the sets, production designers, illustrators, props, fabrication, wardrobe, set decorators and all the other craftsmen and women who make movie and TV magic. I’m Josh Cooperman, I host and produce Convo By Design. A show dedicated to the design and architecture industries. I first started interviewing set decorators in 2014 and have been following them and their work ever since. The Art Dept. was created to showcase the amazing individuals behind the camera who don’t with a single word, say a single line or appear on screen. Yet, their work defines the experience of your favorite shows, commercials and movies. The entertainment industry is like no other. There are long hours, hard, long hours. Members of the art department don’t say ‘no.’ And they don’t take shortcuts. This is an industry that breaks the rules everyday to get the job done. And they make it happen so we can enjoy their work and escape reality for a little while. This is episode number one and I wanted to give you a sample of what you are going to hear this season on The Art Dept. Oscar winner, Victor Zolfo tells me what it was like winning an Oscar. This is amazing. This is Emmy Award winner winner, Kimberly Wannop. She was asked a series of questions about her work, career, what people don’t know about her work and what she would like to to… Set decorator William DeBiasio was asked the same questions… Brandi Kalish is an Emmy nominated set decorator with crazy skills and a beautiful imagination. She talks about find her way and the work once she got there… Artist Nick Lopez makes art from scrap wood. He is exactly the type of artist that finds his work on set. His creative process is organic and he can make a piece to fit the specs of a script. Art commissioned by fictional characters Every episode will feature members of Hollywood elite, the A-Listers who make TV and movie magic every day. Please follow us @ConvoByDesign on twitter @ConvoXDesign on Instagram, you can also track the show using #TheArtDepartmentPodcast . The show is available everywhere you find your favorite podcasts.