Our story takes place in Texas so a mural illustrating it's various symbols was in order for the bench.

Someone in the Set Decorating Department used my name and so I got top billing in this scene.

After a photo shoot with Rick Fox the chosen image was composited onto a playing field for the finished poster. 

Here's a broadside of the posters on location just before Shia runs into frame.

The main dry lake bed location was an enormous area so the trailers and 400 or so holes had to be plotted out before digging. GPS coordinates were used to position the holes and create a map of the set.

Different clusters were created in different states of digging and depth. These clusters were also coordinated around the arc of the sun.

Because Camp Greenlake was essentially a detention camp, admonishment and instruction signs were frequent.

In this scene the actor is finishing his 5' deep by 5' diameter hole.

The camp itself was set as an oasis in the desolation.

It was a compound of various buildings tents and facilities. Ground cover was laid in to match the dry lake beds arid environment.

Each of the buildings and tents were dressed with myriad details to add a sense of use and history.

You'll notice some of the graphic details upon closer inspection. 

Most of these details speak to the harshness and dangers of the environment.

More than a few foreshadow events in the story.

Hand drawn signs added to the dog-eared aesthetic.

The dusty and lived in feel was also relayed in material choices and the scenic finishes.

The camp was a 360 degree set with threats lurking in every corner.

Besides the obvious building and tent structures, utility details added to the realism. Power lines, windmills, and water tanks were added.

As well as fuel for the vehicles and machinery...

And facilities for the detainees. It all builds the mies en scene that wordlessly tells a story in which the actors can inhabit.

In fact, many of the characters had their own accompanying details. For instance this sculpture of a mummified hand was made for a door knocker at Eartha Kitt's cabin.

You can just see the various Romany filigree patterns behind her.

A menacing rattlesnake tattoo was drawn up for Jon Voight.

It was wound up to strike just like the character.

Patricia Arquette got a poster too.

Not a woman to be trifled with.

Which brings us to the wild west flashback.

A detailed survey was made of the western town in order to create identities for each of the buildings.

Up one end of the street...

And down the other, the town was repaired, painted and dressed.

Bringing us to the end of the street and Kissin' Kate's humble origins as a school teacher.

With the addition of period details, class is ready for session. Those are chalk slates not digital tablets by the way.

I'll end this run on a contemporary note.

You saw the sculpted hand, and here we have the sculpted foot at the base of the Sploosh can.