Marionettes, Inc. by Ray Bradbury

Unusual homage to geek chic, but hilarious!!

Songs for Inspiration: Robot Songs

Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) - Restored and Complete

Other Examples of Automata, Including "Hugo Cabret"

Marie Antoinette Automaton

Robots, or automata, have been a fascinating bit of human/machinery hybrids for over 200 years...

Check out this story on i09.com:

http://io9.com/5977278/does-this-marie-antoinette-automaton-dream-of-mechanical-cake

Interesting Article about the Impending Birth of a "Roboy"

Advanced humanoid Roboy to be ‘born’ in nine months: 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/advanced-humanoid-roboy-to-be-born-in-nine-months 

Dogs Playing Poker Images

Little known fact...

"Dogs Playing Poker" refers collectively to a series of sixteen oil paintings by C. M. Coolidge, commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars.

Wikipedia Entry: Dogs Playing Poker

Images of Clowns for Hotel Mombassa Room

Tonight Jeremy and I discussed the possibility of including a painting of a sad clown (preferably with a gun) above the bed in the Hotel Mombassa scene. This goes along with the idea of having the dogs playing poker in the gold frame on the wall behind the Grand Hotel front desk. This also led to the hilarious idea of having a framed stock photo (or maybe even a landscape painting) of an idyllic scene from nature framed behind the vertical blinds in the hospital room set, as if it were a window.

Here are some images of clowns that could work somehow if we can blow one of them up and frame it above the bed. Sweet dreams!

Velvet paintings are scary.

More Sketches

Directors Pod

Studio Pod 2

Studio Pod 1

Bedroom

The Studio

Initial Thoughts

I love all the pictures from the older sci-fi movies! I am excited to start working on the initial sketches. The contrast from the "future world" and the movie world will be very cool. The world of the movie will be very reminiscent of today while the future world will incorporate many aspects of classic sci-fi. I am excited to find ways to use lighting to help to add to the feeling of the sci-fi experience. I will be posting sketches soon and we can talk about how to continue from there!

Disney Animatronic Images

Here are some images from animatronics at Disney theme parks, including The Hall of Presidents and The Pirates of the Caribbean rides.

Interior Design Ideas from "A Clockwork Orange"

Exactly the kind of look I'm going for, for the humans

of the play.

Love the spherical insets on the wall, as well as the

metallic chrome finish.

This makes me think of the idea to use the curves of
the lift for stairs in the hotel lobby scene.

Hotel Lobby Images

There is something HILARIOUS about the picture
in the background here.

I really like the design on the front (the diamonds)
of this desk.