This is my filmic set design of Tunbridge Wheels from the book Mortal Engines (Philip Reeve). The audience and characters are introduced here together. I have designed with a sequence in mind. To escape being trampled on, the characters Tom and Hester have clung onto the underside of a passing town and appear from a floor trap in the streets of Tunbridge Wheels, where they head towards the town hall before being hijacked by locals. I briefly referenced the real town Tunbridge Wells. Mainly inspired by shanty towns, slums, scrap yards and steam punk, I designed an intimate setting for the action to unfold.
Full concept of Tunbridge Wheels.
1:50 Tunbridge Wheels floor plan.
Design concept sketches.
1:50 drawings of a sample of the buildings down the streets.
1:50 model from above.
1:50 model shot, down a side alley.
1:50 model shot from a board walk.
1:50 model shot through buildings.
1:50 detail for one of the engines on my set.
