Watching a television program or a movie, there is a certain level of expectations for suspension of disbelief that you need to arrange. I can believe that someone could carefully dance by moving safety lasers for a museum assault, but I can’t see how people wave allegedly filled with coffee cups. How did you intertwine the Horde of Fresh Yorkers with a tray full of cups and does not spill anything? Even at the lowest rates – the appointment of Cappuccino, at which the barista tested the limits of water tension, from the opponent to the table – is so concentrated, and still a little foam on the sides.
Of course, it makes sense that the cups are not filled with liquid; This is not worth the potential mess. And if the shot requires from the audience to see what is in the mug before they drank it, the film magic is performed to make it look really.
In the early days of television, Kawa was the subject of the background or decoration of the set: coffee maker The coffee was on the kitchen countertop, and the drip machines in the cafes always had a carafe filled with something. When the characters held edible cups, of course, the prop was more present, but only not There On the set, not as a point of conversation. “None of the characters from” Friends “interact with Chemex, who will not lift it and pour out of it – none comments on it, no one even shows coffee, and no one even recognizes its existence” I’m writing Ashley Rodriguez in the living room.
When specialist coffee gained adhesion and exposure, it made it clear that his role in the media and telling stories also evolved. Black coffee is often used as a sub-trope “Characteristics based on drinks with an additional shot of masculinity “, according to the Wiki-Reference guide Trope tvAnd everything is complicated (“upside down Caramel Macchiato” from the character of NCIS Nick Torres) means pretentiousness.
Sometimes I suspect that coffee enthusiasts are developing in the writing hall. I noticed that the trail of coffee snob, which likes coffee kick Luwak, is now rarely evident. When I started watching 9-1-1: lonely star (Procedural drama of a fireman/first responder), I was not surprised when seeing a coffee machine in Firehouse-this is the fact that the main character, captain Owen Strand (played by Rob), commissioned non-standard Espresso machines from Italy, which reflected his sophisticated taste. Owen was educated And his preferences matched this. Set Decorator Regina O’Brien explains“The cosmopolitan environment seemed suitable for the crew, but we also wanted places that seemed prosperous and organic. Owen brings high -class design and life at the station.” At the beginning of the final of the first season, we see how a fireman from the rehearsal Mateo Chavez is trying to make his captain his favorite drink, “Half-Caf Capp” and accusing his colleague Paul Strickland-who apparently likes a “solid mug”-for a fracture of the machine: “You probably packed a filter basket with additional diminutive lands and started it at high temperatures?”
Between writers, directors, sets decorators, stage designers, Masters and all others, there are many ways to special interest in coffee. According to Master’s guild real estateThe props include everything from production to animal acquisition: “The most essential role of the Master of Real Estate and their team is to represent all aspects of film art during cooperation with the shooting team.”
Eric Rasmussen, executive director in Cafe industryActions that his company built non -standard cafes for marketing shows and activations. On television “This is a liquid situation,” he says. Set design demands are usually at the last minute, because the script is the highest priority, and then the script will occur. After saying, the cafe designs are “more iconic for what is filmed” so as not to step on any intellectual property. Of course, there are also sets of cafes that remain throughout the season because they are so integral with the story.
The decoration department is part of the production team and is House for many items which are necessary to compose sets. The Blue Blues Cafe in vast diminutive lies it differs from coffee bar At the Sweep supermarket (“The cafe was another section that was set Dec and without a game or culinary game, because it was also supposed to be dead in the game, but of course they came up with a game based on coffee service, because the set looked so good when we finished!”), Which contrasts with “the perfect replica of the driver’s cafe.” Brand integration agreement With a real, now closed octane in Atlanta.
Thanks to the latest 3D printing technology, almost everything is printed, especially when it comes to reproduction of exorbitant items.
His team builds sets in which Kardashians film their interviews. “We had to print many textures, because of course a piece of granite, which is $ 100,000, which they have in their home – we do not intend to put it on the set,” explains Rasmussen. “So we take pictures and print, and looks the same, especially in front of the camera.”
90% of inspiration is now downloaded from online sources, and about 70% comes from Facebook Marketplace in relation to the closures of the cafe (“we have nothing working”). Special props can be obtained from props houses, but it is completely possible that the item itself is also printed in 3D. Recently, in parallel with a fashionable reimbursement of the analogue, he saw interest in more real props. When deciding on using practical or digital effects, it always boils down to the budget: “If it’s cheaper that someone like me made a prop compared to pulling it into the screen, they will choose a real prop.”
Another way for coffee props in which you can appear is advertising or marketing. “As a photographer who previously used coffee at a photo session, I always hesitate to exploit special coffee,” says Rasmussen. “If the session is not for the roaster, I exploit soluble coffee, decaf and mixtures, depending on the place of coffee.”
In advertising photography and movement, coffee is often designed to be perfect, but you can make nuances. According to a stylist of food and drinks Takako kuniyuki“In the case of motor shoots covering a lot of coffee, I prepare vast parts in advance to allow quick reset between shots – sometimes it means crossing the top of the Nespresso capsules!” Commercial shoots can take several hours to days, which means that a lot of coffee or some maneuvers are used to deceive the eye. He says: “When I work with temperature coffee in the room or I have to play a pair many times, I exploit a non-norotine pen to generate a realistic steam.”
Chilly drinks or those with a topper made of foamy milk or whipped cream are a different challenge: how to achieve this perfect foam? The set itself is finalized in terms of angles, lighting, compositions, etc., before replacing the drink. “To lend a hand stabilize the foam, sometimes I exploit such additives Foam fee– says Kuniyuki. “If the drink has to sit on the set for a long time, I create a false foam or cream with shaving cream.”
False or not, I can’t wait for the sets to be less basic and more intended in their coffee configurations. There are some things on which I can suspend disbelief, but “full”, but vigorous cups of coffee and incomplete configurations of espresso machinery are not one of these things.
