Graphic Design and Art Direction
A selection of photos illustrating the set dressing and props created by Art Director Reed Johns. (Prop shopping was shared by Reed and the director.) Also, additional graphic design work by the director.
Art Direction And Graphic Design
Hawaiian Chicken Sign By Reed Johns, Photo By Swati Srivastava
From A Concept In The Script, Reed Johns Created This Menu
The Menu In Action (Valerie Suter As Angel The Waitress, Detail Of A Screen Shot)
Reed John Had To Make Sure We Had The Right Food For The Right Meal And Enough Of It For Multiple Takes
A Close Up Of The Set-up For The Scene After Dave's Guilt About Seeing Woman In The Window Crying - Photo By Swati Srivastava
Red Was The Color Of Dave's Environments - Both His Bedroom And His Favorite Hang-out
The Red Juice (punch) In Action
Breakfast Set-up. Roosters On Dave And Ray's Table Came From My Deceased Aunt's Collection
A Location Scout Photo By JG. The M Bar Was A Night Club In LA Which Doubled As Both Bob's And The Bar
Finding Food Variety Was Tough... For The Lines In This Scenes, Pickels Seemed Quite Funny, And The 2 Actors Actually Gobbled Up Almost Our Whole Supply
The Chicken Mascot Was The Same Pull Toy I Had As A Baby (though This One Came From E-bay), Also Used As Set Dressing In Ray's Bedroom, Photo By JG
Postcard Created By Julius Galacki
Ray's Treasure Box Of Memories. Here Is The Paint Splattered Sweatshirt Of Nikola - A Real Costume Item - The Painter And Girlfriend Who Left Ray For Another Man - Notice That Ray's Color Scheme Is Sepia-ish As He's Stuck In The Past
Red Lava Lamps Was Something I Required For Dave's Bedroom - Reed Johns Improvised Brilliantly With The Real Teen's Stuff To Create Dave's Bedroom
Location Scout Photo Of That Same Teen's Bedroom On A Normal Day
Poster Front Designed By Julius Galacki Using A Screen Shot Of A Deleted Scene
Back Image Of The Double Sided Poster Designed By Julius Galacki
The Brand New Bocci Set Was Missing Was Missing The Jack Ball When We Opened It On Location In Encinitas. A Discarded Whiffle Ball Was On The Grass And We Improvisd
Location Scout Photo Of A Table On A Private Deck That Became The Cafe Where They Eat Ice Cream (now A Deleted Scene)
The Table Set Up For The Cafe Ice Cream Scene (deleted Scened)
Behind The Scenes Photo Of The Same Set-up. AD Jose Luis At The Clacker. Photo By Swati Srivastava
The Script Specifies A Number Of Visual Jokes - Ray Is Reading The
The Comet Reveal Was Created By Julius Galacki Using A NASA PD Image Of Halley's Comet Collaged Into A Joshua Tree National Park Sky Photo Taken By M. Cooper, And Then Color Graded To Finish The Blend
Trailer Card Created By Julius Galacki
