{"id":37832,"date":"2017-05-23T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=37832"},"modified":"2017-05-23T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:43:13","slug":"inside-screen-movie-carol-stunning-mid-century-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2017\/05\/23\/inside-screen-movie-carol-stunning-mid-century-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Screen: Why the Movie Carol Has Stunning Mid-Century Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we are stepping inside the luxurious mid-century wonderland that is the Oscar-nominated movie Carol<\/strong><\/em>. When production designer Judy Becker first embraced the project, she wanted to create the perfect 50\u2019s chic setting perfect for the movie\u2019s star, Cate Blanchett. The result was a series of inspiring and absolutely wondrous movie sets that take us back to the mid 20th century<\/strong> with all the gracefulness and style that only Cate Blanchett could ever give us.\u00a0Make sure to keep reading and find out why \u2018Carol\u2019 has some of the most amazing mid-century movie sets of all time\u2026 all thanks to the amazing production designer Judy Becker!<\/p>\n

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\u2018Carol\u2019 received multiple praises for being a faithful portrayal of a complicated and almost impossible love affair between two women back in the early 1950\u2019s. But something that most of us seem to forget when talking about the Oscar-nominated movie is that one of the most important parts of this mesmerizing \u2018forbidden love\u2019 story is how<\/em> it is told, and\u00a0where<\/em> it is told.\u00a0Without production designers, most movies wouldn\u2019t have the same massive impact or, on the other hand, some could have an even bigger one. But what \u2018Carol\u2019 definitely doesn\u2019t lack are the right sets to make this movie an even more compelling and loving story. Judy Becker was able to re-create the gritty\u00a0early 50\u2019s<\/strong>, making Carol and Therese\u2019s love affair even more believable and emotional. And if you have seen the movie, you know it can definitely be an emotional journey. So sit back, keep scrolling, and fall in love with these mid-century inspired interiors<\/strong> created exclusively for your entertainment.<\/p>\n

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Julie Becker explains that while Carol<\/em>\u2018s scenes do conjure New York City in 1952 and 1953,\u00a0this recreation is a far cry from the kitschy, pastel-tinted home lives that most people associate with that decade.\u00a0\u201cThis is not the 1950s that people ordinarily think of\u2026with very bright colors and turquoise and pink and happy, sunny, nuclear families,<\/em>\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s the post-World War II 1950s, so it\u2019s almost like the 1940s.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n

In order to bring the story\u2019s more gritty tone to life,\u00a0as well as the reality of a sorrowing post-war society, Becker relied heavily on color. Especially strong and darker colors, as opposed to the cheery colorful tones we usually associate with the mid 20th century.<\/p>\n

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One of the main colors you can constantly see throughout the movie is green, especially acid greend. However, colors like\u00a0dirty pinks and yellows, which Becker characterized as \u201cunsettling\u201d, are also present throughout the film. The production designer explained then that the green color present in countless scenes, including\u00a0the motel rooms, Therese\u2019s apartment, and Carol\u2019s home,\u00a0was especially key<\/strong> because it\u00a0\u201cdoesn\u2019t make you feel relaxed when you are looking at it. It helps create this tension between the characters<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The usage of this seemingly more neutral colors<\/strong> throughout Carol \u2014<\/em> whether on the walls, or the furniture, or accessories seen throughout the film \u2014 \u00a0was purposely thought of, with the intention to draw greater attention to the few vibrant pieces in the film, much like Therese\u2019s yellow and red hat<\/strong>, and Carol\u2019s red fingernails and lips<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In contrast with all the colors used and the simplicity of Therese\u2019s apartment, we can see Carol\u2019s home multiple times. It is good to have in mind that in that time, rich people and poor people just didn\u2019t have a lot of possessions. Becker says \u201cit was just not the materialistic society that we have today, where we constantly need a new computer. People bought a few things and kept them for a long time. Even rich people, like in Carol\u2019s house, all of her furniture is much, much older than the period. It probably came down through Harge\u2019s family or her family.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0However, the things we can see in her apartment are top quality furniture, and that puts into evidence the contrast between the mid-century society and our contemporary one.<\/p>\n

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However, there is a small glimpse of the mid-century interiors we are mostly used to see on the screen and in the more modern recreations of the style. If you recall, the movie Carol begins with the two meeting during Christmas, at the toy shop where Therese worked. And it is here that, amidst a dirtier and grittier New York we can find a more cheerful and colorful side of the 1950s.\u00a0Decorations on the toy department set included Santa signs, large glittered snowflakes, vintage bells, and garland. \u201cIn keeping with the design of the movie, the decorations are a bit sparse and those that we placed have slightly desaturated colors; there is a sense of pathos in the toy department,<\/em>\u201d Becker relates.<\/p>\n

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EDITOR\u2019S CHOICE<\/h4>\n

Take your chance of bringing a little bit of the Carol\u2019s amazing sets into your own home. We have chosen a mid-century modern lighting piece that would definitely fit right in this bluer<\/em> version of the mid-century modern design of the 1950\u2019s East Coast. Stardust floor lamp<\/a> by DelightFULL<\/a> would look absolutely wonderful in Carol\u2019s living room!<\/p>\n

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Today we are stepping inside the luxurious mid-century wonderland that is the Oscar-nominated movie Carol. When production designer Judy Becker first embraced the project, she wanted to create the perfect 50\u2019s chic setting perfect for the movie\u2019s star, Cate Blanchett. The result was a series of inspiring and absolutely wondrous movie sets that take us back to the mid 20th century with all the gracefulness and style that only Cate Blanchett could ever give us.\u00a0Make sure to keep reading and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":37867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2882],"tags":[7451,7454,7453,4627,65,5055,1059,7452,7450],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}