Turning Back Time: ‘Perry Mason’ Production Design and VFX Worked Hand in Hand to Recreate 1930s Los Angeles
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variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHBO’s 1930s-set “Perry Mason” required production designer John P. Goldsmith to step even further back in time than the original incarnation of the show, as seen in the 1950s.
Furthermore, since the titular character (played by Matthew Rhys) was working as a private investigator (not yet a lawyer) in the new drama, Goldsmith and visual-effects supervisor Justin Ball had to steep the series in a noir style to reflect the kind of gritty justice that might be served.The process started with Goldsmith researching real-life 1930s Los Angeles.
He relied on the internet — in particular waterandpower.org, where he pulled from archives of roads, dams, signs, buildings and everything he needed to begin the process to.
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