18. A Tedious Task (Part 18 of 34)

Jared piles books onto the set. The brothers had been meticulous in choosing books with colorful spines. Still, Jared seems dissatisfied.

Freshly painted books waiting for a second coat

“It just doesn’t look right,” he says. “I think I’m gonna have to paint them.”

“How are you gonna paint every single book?” Matthew asks. “There must be hundreds of them here.”

“How do you eat an Elephant?” Jared replies.

Jared has always enjoyed designing sets. In fact, he believes it’s the little details that can really sell the vision.

“Obviously, nothing is real,” he says. “Still, we want the viewer’s mind to convince them otherwise. In the end, it’s the details that do that.”

Jared steps back and examines the set. There is still a lot of work to be done. He turns to Matthew.

“Have you thought about how you’re going to make the digital puppet?”