Ali’s creative, talented and caring best friend/confidante Syd has been in love with her forever. The relationship takes a turn towards couplehood, with many scenes playing out in this incredible space!
Set Decorator Susan Eschelbach SDSA points out the unusual features PD Cat Smith has designed into the set: multiple rooflines and ceilings, skylight, corners and niches, the slatted steel grid loft walkway…
TRANSPARENT Creator Jill Soloway offers... “What we’re doing is attempting to find the truth in any one emotional moment…
We’re trying to create space for people to feel things and know how these feelings unfold over beats.”
Production Designer Cat Smith and Set Decorator Susan Eschelbach SDSA took that literally and created some amazing new spaces for the second season that offered numerous possibilities for the directors, actors and Cinematographer Jim Frohna to visually take us on the characters’ emotional journeys.
Check the gallery above to see the depth of one set, Syd’s Loft, that presents myriad moods and expressions before the actors even begin!
