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How Oppenheimer’s Sets Were Built Without CGI | Vanity Fair

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12 months ago

January 9, 2024

Production designer Ruth De Jong shows us how she brought Christopher Nolan’s vision to life for his iconic film ‘Oppenheimer.’ How do you portray scale with sets? What goes into building a 360 set? From ample research to gather all the intricate details to physically bringing the sets to life, Ruth takes us through her genius design process of the film.

Director: Funmi Sunmonu
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Cory Stevens
Talent: Ruth De Jong
Producer: Juliet Lopez
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Associate Producer: Emebeit Beyene
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi and Kevin Balash
Associate Director, Talent:: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Marques Smith
Sound : Kara Johnson
Production Assistant: Liza Antonova
Set Designer: Cedar Jocks
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin

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17 Comments

@CenidaSecundo

January 9, 2024 at 12:01 pm

Was wäre dein idealer Tag in einer Kunstausstellung?🍒

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@RLeVeriteArt

January 9, 2024 at 12:05 pm

“You have to build this.”
~Christopher Nolan

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- @Oldgregg02
  
  January 9, 2024 at 12:48 pm
  
  Then just walks away 😂
  
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@trinaq

January 9, 2024 at 12:09 pm

I was really impressed by the set designs, and it’s wonderful to see how they were created.

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@ellieamoe

January 9, 2024 at 12:20 pm

This was such an interesting insight as to what went on the behind the scenes of this movie!! loved it!!

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@holasoyjuan

January 9, 2024 at 12:50 pm

Ruth is amazing, so inspiring and fun and talented

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- @zxcytdfxy256
  
  January 9, 2024 at 2:45 pm
  
  wtf kinda bot comment is this?
  
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@sultanwadood7467

January 9, 2024 at 12:59 pm

Nolan and Tarantino, the Writer/Director geniuses who still now stay true to art and practical effects!

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@akhillmufc19

January 9, 2024 at 12:59 pm

The fact that they filmed the whole movie in 57 days makes this even more incredible

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@meetghelani5222

January 9, 2024 at 1:01 pm

Thank you for helping make a great film, Ruth!

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@olgamatys7246

January 9, 2024 at 1:11 pm

What I love most about this movie is that I can literally ***see*** that the whole Nolan’s team was working at some heavenly level. Now seeing how it was built is just so amazing.

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@abiola33

January 9, 2024 at 1:23 pm

There was such a physical and solid authenticity to the set.

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@KainedbutAble123

January 9, 2024 at 1:23 pm

Crazy that there was no Oval Office set available to use, it must be one of the most reproduced locations in TV appearing in almost every political thriller.

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@lewisanderton8062

January 9, 2024 at 1:47 pm

Just bare in mind that if you take the total budget of this film and add Barbie’s total budget on top of it, both films combined cost less money to make than the Flash.

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@user-gb8no8in9r

January 9, 2024 at 2:05 pm

Wonderful♥️!!!!

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@geoafe66

January 9, 2024 at 2:50 pm

🔥👍

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@momochanjones7302

January 9, 2024 at 2:51 pm

“And we will carry on”

-Christopher Nolan

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Director: Symone Ridgell
Director of Photography: Stefan Vleming
Editor: Michael Penhollow
Producer: Michelle Bruno
Producer, On Set: Chase Lewis
Associate Producer: Marisah Yazbek
Gaffer/Camera Operator: Mike Nelli
Assistant Camera/Camera Operator: Amber Buchanan
Sound: Jennifer Zhang
Set Designer: Leah Waters-Katz
Production Assistants: Karla Rodriguez, Jordan Brown
Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar
Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors
Senior Director, Production Management: Jessica Schier
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Associate Director, Post Production: Nicholas Ascanio
Director, Video Talent: Lauren Mendoza
Director, Content Production: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Digital Video: Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Digital Video English: Thespena Guatieri