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Emmy Award Winning Designs
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Behind the Scenes was proud to receive a 2001 Chicago Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Craft Achievements Off Camera - Scenic Design. Twenty-four entries were submitted for the animation, scenic design and graphic design category. Judged by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Chapter of National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the seven nominees included WBBM, CLTV, WMAQ, WPWR, WYCC, WLS and TLN. Behind the Scenes’ Peter McDonough and Paul Unterfenger won the award based on three custom created sets made for TLN and noted for their elegant and contemporary aesthetics. |
2001 Emmy Award Winners
Each of these custom sets was uniquely created for a specific set of requirements.
The
producers of this unique cooking program, "Chef
Eric Gordon's Healthy Cuisine", wanted us to create an open, layered, inviting
environment that had the same healthy appeal as the menu Chef Eric
was preparing. We tried to give the set an attractive, well-lit, airy feeling through the use of a vaulted ceiling, large windows, skylights and the incorporation of rich colors and textures.c Other crequirements .included |
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vast
counter space, and a functional range top, oven, refrigerator
and sink. |
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The idea for this contemporary women's talk/issue program, "Aspiring Women", was to create an inviting, appealing, "homey" environment to augment the vibrancy of the show's three co-hosts. The set seamlessly blends a variety of talent areas including a base for opening and closing the program, an interview niche, and demonstration counter for products and food preparation. The program cis ctaped cin blocks of eight to |
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twelve
shows at TLN. Consequently, a highly modular design aids in rotating
the set
in and out as well as storage. |
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The desire for this Gospel music celebration, "A Positive Note", was to create a versatile, functional and uplifting atmosphere that combined spirituality and theatricality. The content of the program ranged from soulful solo ballads to spirited choirs of thirty people so the stage needed to be strong, multilevel and neutral. Wanting the line of the set to have an uplifting ccfeeling, ccwe ccfabricated .ca |
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translucent stylized acoustic choral background and tapered the tops. This choice gave the Lighting Designer more options to project motorized lighting patterns and standard color changes to the front and back of the panels. The finished look was true melding of scenery, lighting and special effects. |
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