I wanted to try to build sets and learn more about special effects makeup, so I started freelancing as a scenic painter in Orlando at places like Walt Disney World's MGM Studios, Nickelodeon, and a couple of shops in town.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
How To Work For The Bachelor - Angelic Rutherford The Bachelor
I wanted to try to build sets and learn more about special effects makeup, so I started freelancing as a scenic painter in Orlando at places like Walt Disney World's MGM Studios, Nickelodeon, and a couple of shops in town.
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This article was really refreshingly interesting and creative. This woman in particular seems particularly inspired, and it emanated in her interview. I love the fact that she got her skills before working in television from working in the theatre industry. It seems to be a relatively unrecognized fact that so many artistic professionals in television and movies got their start from working in the theatre industry, and scenic painting seems to be no different. It's also amazing how beautiful the sets that she is creating are, I was really stunned by just how detailed the sets were, as there seems to be a disconnect when on television about how much detail is really put into something as its hard to feel connected when you're just looking through a screen. However, the level of interior design intuition alone is something to be amazed and inspired by, regardless of whether or not you enjoy the content of the show.
As embarrassed as I am to put this on the internet where it can never be deleted, I am a huge bachelor/bachelorette/bachelor in paradise junkie. I eat it up, and so that is why I clicked on this article. All that being said I think this woman, and her job are both so interesting. I am always very curious about the way that people come into their jobs, and what their career was like pre steady work. I think this woman had a great work path, and I am a firm believer that work in theater and in film is necessary to be able to successfully understand your field. As an avid viewer of the show, I always notice the sets, and how extravagant they are, and how there always seems to be a couch or bench ready to go. I now understand that is because the set descriptions involve a "make out ready" set. The bachelor grabs its audience by placing normal people in a place of extravagance, where the audience envies the people on television but still relates to them, and still sees them as a reachable goal. She does this wonderfully. As a member of the audience I know that the set costs a ton of money, but it also makes me feel like I am at home, and that is where the genius is. I am so excited for the next season of the bachelor, now not only for the drama, but for the new designs I will get to see come to life.
Sometimes the budgets for large commercial shows (Broadway) or movies and TV shows will come up in class, its one thing to have a vague idea of how much money and resources those productions are working with. It’s a totally different experience to read an article like this and get an inside look at what have access to resources like that is like. The idea of being able to go into hotel or foreign country and just change everything in the area where you are to fit your artistic vision is incredibly alluring. Until now I’ve thought that I want to work in live theater professionally and not movies or TV shows, but this article has gotten me to start reconsidering that position. As much as I like the idea of design plays and musicals I also think it would be really fun to get to design something with access to the amount of resources of a long running TV show or large budget movie.
This article makes it seem like Angelic kind of gets to pull an Elsa deal here where she spins around points and creates environments from her mind. The cool part for me is the fact that is pretty much what happens except that instead of imagining it that team of 20+ people has to come together to create a unified concept. I love the idea of working in film because of this high level of collaboration necessitated to hit all of the little details. Every single of of them matters and it’s crucial that you get everything right. I really hope I get the opportunity to work on a fast paced show like this sometime in my life either as the designer or as a artist on their team. At least for a little bit, it sure sounds like a ton of work.
Yes, girl, yes. Angelic is living out my dream as a television production designer and it always interests me to see how professionals like these got their start. It sort of shows that sometimes, in this case it's chance and the people you know which sort of gives me hope. I have actually thought about reality show production design quite a bit and how fun it would be to build a show like this that's constantly changing that always needs something new. however I've always thought about it in terms of like, game shows, or shows like Survivor. I had never really thought about the Bachelor. The show does pose an interesting challenge.Yes it has to be entertaining for the viewer, but yeah I suppose people really live there too. So in a way she doubles as a production designer and interior designer which is kind of amazing. and from how this sounds, she basically has an endless budget and tons of people to execute it. What a dream to be honest.
also, I'm about to read all these ElleDecor articles. What a fascinating idea to interview designers and see where they got their start. that's probably my favorite topic ever.
There are so many aspects of this article that are interesting to me. I love that we are talking about a woman who never graduated from college; I love that she got her start in themed entertainment scenic art and theatrical scenic design; I love that she was given such a perfect-timing opportunity to walk in and be in charge; and I love that she's stuck with it and done such a brilliant job. I think it's very easy for some of the people in our program to skirt over things like The Bachelor as valid career choices, but I think it's great the way this woman has been able to channel her inspiration and creative energy into something that really is so large and so constantly changing. I imagine it would be so much fun to design not just a set (since the show takes place in a variety of places within a large estate), but an entire environment...the rooms, the grounds, the hometown areas. It really is so fabulous and I imagine an incredible experience for any designer.
Honestly, I have never ever watched The Bachelor, but I might peruse a couple episodes after this. I was previously unaware that they changed the set from season to season, altering it to reflect the bachelor that is "in residence". I am quite impressed with the considerations that Rutherford takes into account before designing a space. Her ability to provide the versatility demanded by the show and its structure is truly great. I never realized how many challenging aspects there were to setting a location for a season of The Bachelor. From the fast turnaround to meeting a certain level of comfort and detail in order to accommodate people actually residing in the space, the demands of the show are exacting and unique. I would imagine the conundrum of having to build quickly, yet in a manner that can endure a prolonged period of lived-in wear and tear is quite the obstacle to overcome, yet Angelic seems to have adapted quite well.
I was practically forced to watch episodes of The Bachelor by my mother and so many of my friends. I never really thought too much of it because nothing pooped out as interesting to me. Now after reading this article, I see that there is a lot of production and design work that is to be done for each season. After hearing that the settings and locations for parts of The Bachelor are supposed to represent the aura of the man himself, I would take the job as a great challenge and I would have so much fun with it. It would be so incredible to be able to create world for this group of people. Even if the audience at home is fully immersed into the people, they don't realize the impact of the setting and how that affects them as well. after reading this article, I am really looking into work in the reality- tv industry as I didn't know how much design opportunity there was in a show like the bachelor. i definitely thought it was all "just there" and pre existing buildings were used over and over again. now i know. im intrigued.
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