The 26th promotion of art direction of the ECAM, next to Puerto Collado, Benjamín Fernández, Clara Notari and Carlos Dorremochea. (January 2023)

The film will be set in the west of the USA. Grace and her children live in a small cabin far from civilization. Where they own a ranch. The house is noticeably older, built by the pioners, way before the Civil War (1861-1865). Since the original film proposes a Victorian house despite being set in the 1940's. Grace lives in the hope that her husband, an outlaw who steals cattle to sell, will return. Meanwhile he takes care of the ranch. And she has two helpers with her, a mute girl and a young farmer, who help her in exchange for food and shelter.

The atmosphere will be very marked by darkness. Architectural elements, such as the texture of the wall (built from logs), or the imperfections typical of a cabin of that time, will reinforce the desired feeling of oppression.

AESTHETIC APPROACH

LOCATION

280 Private Drive 1708 Highway, US-84, Abiquiu, NM 87510, Estados Unidos.

36.318819, -106.479934

Ghost Ranch Cabin, Abiquiu, New Mexico

PRINCIPAL REFERENCES

-Films:

Gone With the Wind (1939)

Stagecoach (1939)

My Darlng Clementine (1946)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Searchers (1956)

3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Man of the West (1958)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Cold Mountain (2004)

There Will be Blood (2009)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

-Videogames:

Red Dead Redemption (2010)

Red Dead Redemption II (2018)

QUICK SKETCH

RENDERS

PHSYCAL MODEL

TOBACCO BRAND DESIGN

BRAND DESIGN

ROLLING TOBACCO DESIGN

FACTORY MADE CIGARETTES

One of the most popular brands was Bull Durham: This brand of tobacco, produced by W. T. Blackwell and Company, was widely known as the tobacco of choice for cowboys and other western workers. It was marketed as a high-quality rolling tobacco, and the image of the bull that adorned the packages was widely recognized.

Mainly people used to consume rolling tobacco, already rolled cigarettes were sold mainly in large cities since they began to become popular at the end of the 19th century. Although it is possible that from Ghost Ranch they could have access to these cigarettes since they had access to a relatively large city like Espanola.

Normally rolling tobacco was sold in cloth bags, although it was also common to find it in metal or wooden boxes. While mainly industrial cigarettes were sold in soft cardboard packs.