CUNK ON CINEMA | NETFLIX
When one of my oldest colleagues in television called and asked me to join her as Set Decorator on Cunk on Cinema, I couldn’t have said yes faster.
I not only adore Diane Morgan, but this was an opportunity to work with some of my most creative friends, all together for the first time in ages. Freelance creatives can be like ships in the night. A quick hello in a prop house, a familiar name in the credits and the occasional birthday. We’re all running on similar but different schedules, and I love it when the stars align and a great team comes back together.
This show was a labour of love and a total joy to make with Diane, Charlie, Al, Jamie and the team. Our corner of the art department took care of the weird and wonderful re-enactments, while Philomena got on with the boots-on-the-ground journalism across the UK and USA. A sensible division of labour.
From an Edwardian doctor’s office featuring plans for the original human centipede, our hedonistic ’70s hippie den and recreating a 90’s video rental store, the sets needed to pack a punch and sell the punchline quickly as the script raced through cinema history. A fairly standard week in the art department!
A huge thank you to Ros Cumberland for bringing me on board and for her continued support. One of my earliest collaborators, and famously the prop maker behind THE Wonky Donkey (if you know, you know!) I’m always at my most creative working with good friends, and this was a lovely reminder of just how much fun the job can be.
