Art Direction
thematic GUIDE
Key themes for storytelling to guide art direction & styling.
A visual narrative of love shaped by tension, intimacy, and mid-century elegance, telling a story of unspoken truths, restrained emotions, and the weight of time.
Production Design
Mood Board
Set, atmosphere, props, costume & makeup balancing historical accuracy with narrative symbolism. Drawing from mid-century fashion, cultural influences, and the film’s emotional undercurrents, reinforcing the story’s themes of nostalgia, longing, and unresolved history.
Costumes
A Long-Awaited Conversation required costumes and visual design that captured the nuances of the 1950s era through silhouettes, fabric choices, color palettes, subtle textures, and design choices that are an extension of character and atmosphere.
Bernard
Suit, tie, watch & "ridiculous" handkerchief
Nancy
Short-Sleeve Dress with full skirt
accessorized with long gloves, PEARL STUD earrings & pocketbook.
Patterned textured sports coat (flannel, nubby-silk, tweed, wool pile, sharkskin, linen), preferably grey with semi-full drape.
Single pocket, spread collar, wide-fit shirt in white. Single cuff, no cufflinks.
Accessorized with mid-length tie and polka-dot handkerchief.
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