THE SET


The next step is physical. It is not just an idea about Cindy. It is Cindy, Chloë, Ottessa, Haley, Rachel, Bradley, and everyone else in the same room, trying to make the ad.


THE FILM TAKES PLACE INSIDE ONE WORKING SOUNDSTAGE.

THE SET IS THE WORLD:
MAKEUP, CAMERAS, PRODUCTS, SCREENS, FOOD, PHOTO SETUPS, RUNWAY, MUSIC, CREW, AND MODELS.

THE ROOM IS FLEXIBLE.

WITH A LIGHTING SHIFT, IT CAN BECOME A RUNWAY, A COMMERCIAL, A CARNIVAL, A BACKSTAGE AREA, OR A PHOTO SHOOT.

NOT A LITERAL REPLICA OF A REAL SET.

A VERSION OF A REAL SET.

SURREAL, BUT VERY REAL.

MORE LIKE A FRENCH SET:
WINE AT LUNCH, REAL FOOD.

AN EXPERIMENT IN HOW WE WANT TO LIVE AND WORK.


Galliano / Dior 2007

A PERFUME CAMPAIGN
IS BEING MADE.

THE PERFUME 
DOES NOT EXIST.

CINDY BECOMES 
THE SMELL.

CHLOË PLAYS CINDY.

THE PRODUCTION 
IS THE MAIN PLOT.

THE SET 
IS THE WORLD.

THE SHOOT 
BECOMES THE AD.

THE AD 
BECOMES THE MYTH.


BAD LIQUOR
FOR
BAG LADIES









CINDY / CHLOË

SCRIPTS

FORM

A PERFUME AD

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE SET

   MAKEUP

   CAMERA

   PRODUCTS / THE BOTTLE

   THE SMELL / FLORA AND FAUNA

   SCREENS

   FOOD

   PHOTO SETUPS

   THE CORRIDOR / RUNWAY

STYLING

CASTING

MUSIC / BIRTHDAY SONG

THE BAG LADY

CINDY / REFERENCE PERIOD