'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' production designer reveals the real-life locations and inspirations for the post-war world of Panem in the new 'Hunger Games' prequel.
The Capitol and District 12 look a little different when the clock’s turned back more than a half-century — here’s how production designer Uli Hanisch reimagined that world.— what he calls a"period piece" to the originalfilms, as it takes place six decades prior — he kept returning to the idea of a city or country rebuilding itself after a great war, similar to a post-World War II Berlin.
" always had some futuristic elements, but they were almost contemporary in a way," Hanisch says. "If you turn back 65 years in our real history, you are all of a sudden in the late '50s, beginning of the '60s.... It's an interesting way to look at it."Murray Close/Lionsgate "It was a key element and the first thing we started to design," Hanisch says of Coriolanus's refuge, which the family has been desperate to maintain amid financial woes. "Keeping this apartment represents his struggle keeping up the status of this falling great family," Hanisch explains. For the layout the team took inspiration from the family moniker, designing the space like a snowflake, with a grand room in the center and smaller rooms and corridors emanating out.
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