#set dressing

[dancing-with-the-madmen]

Okay, so I'm a dick about spoons

I’m not, actually. A good hostess knows that her first priority is the comfort of her guests, so if someone uses the wrong spoon? NBD. If someone else starts being a dick about it? You find a way to shut that shit down post haste and redirect the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

What I AM a dick about is brazen hypocrisy. And as I was rewatching and taking screenshots for Nefarious Purposes, I happened to pause on this, which (setting aside the fact that forks weren't in popular use at all in Northern Europe and North America until the end of the 1700s, much less fancy types for different purposes) feels like an easter-egg for etiquette nerds from the set-dressers:

Like, poor Ed. He never stood a chance.

But that’s not his fault; he could have been schooled in the proper use of flatware from birth and still would have been stymied by this mess. There are pieces from AT LEAST 10 different silverware sets here, and practically nothing is in the right place to facilitate any sort of reasonable progression through a meal. Also? There are just so, SO many duplicates.

A 12-course meal should go: hors-d'oeuvres, amuse-bouche, soup, appetizer, salad, fish, main course (usually a red meat or game meat dish), palate cleaner (sorbet), second main course (usually a fowl dish), cheese course, dessert, and end of the meal dessert (often with coffee to promote digestion)

Starting left to right, we’ve got: A - Dinner knife. Should be directly to the right of the plate. It COULD be part of the service to his left, but even if that’s the case, that means not everyone has the same number/type/placement of implements, and that the spacing of guests is too close to properly accommodate all the place settings, so I’m going to assume everything on camera is meant for Ed.

B - Butter knife. Belongs on the bread plate.

C - Soup spoon. Belongs as the outermost spoon on the right side of the plate.

D - Place spoon. Belongs to the left of the soup spoon on the right of the plate.

E - Seafood mallet. I can’t really find anything about where this goes in a place setting, and I’ve only used one where crabs or lobster were the main/only course. My instinct is to say it should be in the amuse-bouche spot (outer right, save 1) with the lobster fork in the corresponding spot on the left of the plate, but I could be wrong.

F - Fruit fork. Fruit is served at the end of the meal. This one goes closest to the plate on the left side. G - Oyster fork. Yes, hors d’oeuvres come first, but this is the only fork that goes on the right of the plate. Thanks for playing.

H - Escargot fork. Ok, the fuck are they serving at this meal? You’ve got 12 courses. You pick ONE item for each course. Based on the silverware so far, we’re going heavy on the hors d’oeuvres. At least it’s on the correct side of the plate?

I - Salad fork. A new course? Be still my beating heart. And yeah, it’s in the right place.

J - Dinner fork. Also a new course, and also in the right place. Will wonders never cease.

K - A FUCKING TERRAPIN FORK. Oh - you gonna serve a chunky broth AFTER your main course? That’s an appetizer, you amateurs. You fools!

L - Escargot tongs. Sure. Why not there.

M - Fish fork. Like, you’re not even in the vicinity of the right place for this (to the right of the plate, in between the salad and dinner forks).

N - Ooops. There’s the lobster fork we were missing earlier.

O - That’s just an oyster fork from a different silverware service. If you were trying to pass it off as a dessert fork, those have 4 tines with a bar that transects the tines.

P - That’s just a butter knife from a different silverware service. Were you trying to pass it off as a cheese knife? Too bad that in a formal dining setting you have a special fork that does double duty for cutting and spearing cheese.

Q - Demitasse spoon. Coffee’s for closing the meal. This goes above the plate.

R - Sugar tongs. Those go with the sugar cubes in the sugar bowl, not at each individual place setting.

S - Possibly another terrapin fork? It’s hard to see, but whatever it is, it doesn’t go there.

So fuck Gabriel and Antoinette, for the provincial bumpkins that they are. Trying to just dump the contents of several silverware drawers on the table and call it culture so they can laugh at my boy? Go die in a fire. Oh, wait.

#ofmd #our flag means death #set dressing #the FUCKING spoons

[frogshunnedshadows]

I'm declaring these finished. Forgot to drill some holes in the Sector 7 sign, but no big deal. Replica Blade Runner license plate & street sign. Cut vinyl on black plastic for the license plate, spraypaint on white plastic for the street sign. Plus multiple rounds of hand-applied acrylic paint washes for weathering. Very pleased with how dirty they look. Not perfect, but maybe that just adds to their charm. Not shown is the parking meter sign, which needs another good coat of matte clear sealant, and then sanding the corners, and then the painted weathering : / Waiting for the weather to cooperate on that one.

#set dressing #and related material #replicas #plastic #signs #signage #blade runner #movies #sci-fi #diy #arts & crafts #vinyl #etc #tom southwell #sinister graphic design #the cyberpunk dystopia you always wanted outdoors is now indoors

[stra-tek]

U.S.S. Titan-A dedication plaque, Star Trek: Picard S3 (from Doug Drexler's Facebook)

#star trek #star trek picard #dedication plaque #uss titan #set dressing #tng

[damn-these-eyes]

#the godfather #neon #cinema #history #the academy museum #los angeles #film #props #set dressing

[kingoftieland]

Last year I was able to acquire a couple of pristine $100 notes that were used in the production of Christopher Nolan’s 2008 masterpiece, The Dark Knight. But now I’ve added a handful more that were actually burned by the Clown Prince of Crime himself! 🃏

These bills were used on-screen and were a part of the Joker’s massive mountain of mob money.  Now they’re framed and on display in my classroom for all my students to see! 💵

#collecting #collection #collectibles #collector #joker #the joker #the dark knight #christopher nolan #heath ledger #money #prop #props #$100 #clown prince of crime #batman #dark knight #the dark knight trilogy #dark knight trilogy #heath joker #heath ledger joker #movie prop #prop money #set dressing #memorabilia #movie memorabilia #screen used #movie scenes #dc #movie #movies

[jensensitive]

you ever think a lot about things that give you much to think about

[image description: a screenshot from the internet movie car database, Dean at the end of 8x01 holding his phone about to call Benny, there’s a blue truck in the background. It’s described as a 1953 Ford F-100]

[image description: a screenshot from the internet movie car database, Jack in Brokeback Mountain next to a blue and while truck with a scenic view of the mountains and water behind him, It’s described as a 1966 Ford F-100]

(for context, this is Ennis’s truck in the movie. In spn, that’s the only F-100 on screen throughout the run of the show, and it’s in a scene where Dean and Benny decide to go their separate ways. The Brokeback mountain scene is the last time Jack and Ennis see each other)

I don’t have any idea if this was purposeful, but for this truck to show up, taking up half the frame with dean, literally at the start of the brokeback purgatory arc is... something. And that a couple episodes later is the sole Brokeback Mountain reference in dialogue in the show (it’s about Sam and Dean, but w/e).

#spn 8x01 #dean x benny #this show is so good at making me see gay subtext about ships i don't even care about #noah fence to benny i know that storyline was very gay and he was a nice dude #gay subtext #set dressing #brokebacknatural #spn thoughts

[greyette]

Totally Spies-inspired living room with armory under the pink wall. Blenderkit was super helpful with the set dressing. Would try to make it messier/lived in for next time... There is no real reason for the table shot, I just wanted to put an aespa album in there lol!

#concept art #totally spies #pink #set dressing #concept design #interior design #concept interior #environment design #blender3d #blender #hehe

[mechanized-productions]

Spending our Saturday getting this beautiful area ready for our bug filming weekend. Can't wait. Nothing like working and playing in the mud for what you love.

#mechanizedproductions #mechprofilms #temptation red #behind the scenes #production #set work #set dressing

[shakespearenews]

The Back Hallway

Man Ray's "Shakespearean Equation: Julius Caesar"

The mathematical model side by side with the finished painting. Images courtesy of The Phillips Collection, 2023.

Of course we’d find a way to bring it back to Shakespeare. Selected primarily for its visual display of mathematics, this print of Man Ray’s 1948 oil painting hangs in the back hallway of the home.

Man Ray, a prolific 20th century Dadaist and Surrealist, found inspiration for his series in the most unlikely of places: a dusty box of mathematical models. In the case of this painting, the subject is a model of real and imaginary exponential functions. On the blackboard behind the model, the math doesn’t quite add up. Two plus two, for example, equals 22. Another question written in chalk prompts the viewer to find the square root of “Man Ray.” The math itself is incoherent and confusing, forcing us to find meaning in the madness - the perfect piece for show such as Proof.

#shakespeare #william shakespeare #set #sets #set dressing #art #shakespeare and art #painting #man ray #Julius Caesar #proof #american players theatre #apt

[dancing-with-the-madmen]

Okay, so I’m a dick about spoons, redux

I’m not, actually. A good hostess knows that her first priority is the comfort of her guests, so if someone uses the wrong spoon? NBD. If someone else starts being a dick about it? You find a way to shut that shit down post haste and redirect the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

What I AM a dick about is brazen hypocrisy. And as I was rewatching and taking screenshots for Nefarious Purposes, I happened to pause on this, which (setting aside the fact that forks weren’t in popular use at all in Northern Europe and North America until the end of the 1700s, much less fancy types for different purposes) feels like an easter-egg for etiquette nerds from the set-dressers:

Like, poor Ed. He never stood a chance.

But that’s not his fault; he could have been schooled in the proper use of flatware from birth and still would have been stymied by this mess. There are pieces from AT LEAST 10 different silverware sets here, and practically nothing is in the right place to facilitate any sort of reasonable progression through a meal. Also? There are just so, SO many duplicates.

A 12-course meal should go: hors-d'oeuvres, amuse-bouche, soup, appetizer, salad, fish, main course (usually a red meat or game meat dish), palate cleaner (sorbet), second main course (usually a fowl dish), cheese course, dessert, and end of the meal dessert (often with coffee to promote digestion)

Starting left to right, we’ve got: A - Dinner knife. Should be directly to the right of the plate. It COULD be part of the service to his left, but even if that’s the case, that means not everyone has the same number/type/placement of implements, and that the spacing of guests is too close to properly accommodate all the place settings, so I’m going to assume everything on camera is meant for Ed.

B - Butter knife. Belongs on the bread plate.

C - Soup spoon. Belongs as the outermost spoon on the right side of the plate.

D - Place spoon. Belongs to the left of the soup spoon on the right of the plate.

E - Seafood mallet. I can’t really find anything about where this goes in a place setting, and I’ve only used one where crabs or lobster were the main/only course. My instinct is to say it should be in the amuse-bouche spot (outer right, save 1) with the lobster fork in the corresponding spot on the left of the plate, but I could be wrong.

F - Fruit fork. Fruit is served at the end of the meal. This one goes closest to the plate on the left side. G - Oyster fork. Yes, hors d’oeuvres come first, but this is the only fork that goes on the right of the plate. Thanks for playing.

H - Escargot fork. Ok, the fuck are they serving at this meal? You’ve got 12 courses. You pick ONE item for each course. Based on the silverware so far, we’re going heavy on the hors d’oeuvres. At least it’s on the correct side of the plate?

I - Salad fork. A new course? Be still my beating heart. And yeah, it’s in the right place.

J - Dinner fork. Also a new course, and also in the right place. Will wonders never cease.

K - A FUCKING TERRAPIN FORK. Oh - you gonna serve a chunky broth AFTER your main course? That’s an appetizer, you amateurs. You fools!

L - Escargot tongs. Sure. Why not there.

M - Fish fork. Like, you’re not even in the vicinity of the right place for this (to the right of the plate, in between the salad and dinner forks).

N - Ooops. There’s the lobster fork we were missing earlier.

O - That’s just an oyster fork from a different silverware service. If you were trying to pass it off as a dessert fork, those have 4 tines with a bar that transects the tines.

P - That’s just a butter knife from a different silverware service. Were you trying to pass it off as a cheese knife? Too bad that in a formal dining setting you have a special fork that does double duty for cutting and spearing cheese.

Q - Demitasse spoon. Coffee’s for closing the meal. This goes above the plate.

R - Sugar tongs. Those go with the sugar cubes in the sugar bowl, not at each individual place setting.

S - Possibly another terrapin fork? It’s hard to see, but whatever it is, it doesn’t go there.

So fuck Gabriel and Antoinette, for the provincial bumpkins that they are. Trying to just dump the contents of several silverware drawers on the table and call it culture so they can laugh at my boy? Go die in a fire. Oh, wait.

#set dressing #the FUCKING spoons #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta

[fandom-hoarder]

[gifset by jacobglaser]

#bobby's flasks #flasks #spn sets #set dressing #props #spn edit #dean and bobby #repost cuz I'm blocked

[attheendoftheline]

I am going insane—

Does anyone have a close up or behind the scenes photo of the flyers?! Orpheus makes them into the flower and they’re scattered across his desk.

There’s close up shots of the newspaper, the chalkboard and a bunch of other little details but these posters are going to drive me insane I need—

#hadestown #hadestown broadway #behind the scenes #set design #set dressing #props

[kingoftieland]

“All you care about is money. This town deserves a better class of criminal, and I'm gonna give it to 'em… It's not about money, it's about sending a message. Everything burns!” – The Joker, The Dark Knight (2008)

Just acquired these awesome pieces of movie history from Christopher Nolan's 2008 masterpiece, The Dark Knight! These bills were used in the production of the film and were a part of the Joker’s massive mountain of mob money.  While the generic “Beaumont” bills were burnt to a crisp (though this one made it out unscathed), other $100 notes were printed specifically for the movie, and can be seen facing the camera in the money pile scene. 💵

#the dark knight #batman #dark knight #christopher nolan #the dark knight trilogy #dark knight trilogy #joker #the joker #heath joker #heath ledger #heath ledger joker #everything burns #prop #movie prop #set dressing #prop money #money #memorabilia #movie memorabilia #collecting #collection #collectibles #collector #screen used #movie quotes #movie scenes #dc #props #movie #movies

[lynnedwardswrites]

velvet pumpkin, star-shaped crystal

velvet pumpkin: what do you like describing the most when it comes to scene dressing? share an excerpt

oof this is a pretty tough one because I feel like my writing is pretty weak here. I tend to only describe the setting if the characters are interacting with it directly, or if I'm foreshadowing that they will. So these are definitely cherry-picked:

She’s pointedly ignoring me, so I start stabbing at the steps with the end of the torch, trying to remember which one activates a spike trap. When I hit the fourth, half a dozen metal spears shoot from the wall, blocking the path. A tuft of dark fur and the glisten of half-dried blood ornaments one of them. Rookies, I think, releasing the mechanism with satisfaction.

Or

I wink and she laughs and we join the masses, avoiding the middle of the road where the mud is thickest. The rain has stopped finally, and a few timid seedlings of late-winter sunlight are piercing the clouds out to sea, smiling on the waves and making them glitter in undulating ribbons. Just beyond, partially shrouded in mist, I spot the narrow mouth of the bay, where two thin stretches of rock arc out from the mainland. An ancient lighthouse, complete with a large signal fire, rises from the left spit. “A few weeks from now and there will be dozens of ships strung up along there,” I say, jerking my chin towards the sea.

Maybe the one exception (and the way I've been enticing myself to write this kind of stuff more in general) is when I can turn scene description into characterization:

(POV the Lord Sovereign:)

“Mary, you can’t seriously intend to turn that much land over to the Church,” I say, navigating the wide stone hall that leads to my audience chamber, hung with an insulating array of dark red velvets painted with white, stylized eagles. Everything about my daughter’s formal, military regalia matches it perfectly, right down to her white sash and the luster of her buttons. Everything pressed. Everything in its place. “I can, actually, and I do!” she says, as several servants in crisp tan uniforms with the remnants of someone’s lunch service scuttle out of her way. “Think of your son!” I beg, slowing as we near the dark paneled doors at the end of the hall, flanked by guards. “The peerage will tear his house apart, demanding their due, whether you’ve left it for him or not.” She scoffs as I knock and wait for a steward to open the room for me. “The Gods will bless a righteous house with a greater inheritance than you could dream of.” Two stewards, dressed in a similar tan to the serving staff, open the doors from behind. The rug ends at the door, and my shoes make a satisfying click against the dark marble tile as I enter, headed for the austere, understated desk painted in pale winter light at the far end of the room. I circle behind it and peer out the window, blinking into the sun as I wait for the stewards to leave so I can unleash my next retort. The doors click shut. Mary is standing opposite the desk, arms crossed impatiently, but without the frill and pomp of the halls extending her Morgenstern colors into a mantle the size of a mammoth, it’s easier to see her for what she is: tired, and so stiff I’m surprised she doesn’t have a scepter shoved up her ass.

star-shaped crystal: have you ever been inspired by a dream? tell us about it

I basically only have three kinds of dreams: sexy; clothes shopping; and Spiders.

So I may have been sexually inspired by a dream at one point but I don't have any major Meyer-esque plot element stories to tell.

Thanks for the asks! I really like the questions in this post, so send me another if you'd like to participate!

#ask games #the hare and the jackal #wip #characterization #set dressing

[jensensitive]

5x03

13x04

13x06

(scripts)

Tiptoe Through the Tulips lyrics

Knee deep in flowers we'll stray We'll keep the showers away And if I kiss you in the garden, in the moonlight Will you pardon me And tiptoe through the tulips with me?

(the Netherlands was the first country to introduce a legal form of gay marriage) (personal space thoughts) (tulips meaning)

#the song i think is about an unrequited affection #and cas does think his love is unrequited #but dean spreading his ashes with such love in a place cas would like signifies it's not unrequited at all #they should just kiss they're so dumb #spn 5x03 #spn 13x04 #spn 13x06 #set dressing #otp: this is it #meta #tulips #the motel in 5x03 was called the old dutch windmill iirc #deancas kiss #gay subtext

[dazzlingatz]

CLUE High School Edition - Set Design by me + my buddy daniel

still in progress but i’m not sure if i’ll get other pics! my first set design :)

#art #theatre #set design #set dressing #fine art #high school art #highschool #junior highschool #16