David Rockwell Unveils 2010 Oscar Set
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Tony Award nominee David Rockwell unveiled the set for the upcoming 82nd Annual Academy Awards on Wednesday, February 17. The awards will be held on Sunday, March 7 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. They will be hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin and aired live on ABC.
This marks the second consecutive year that Rockwell’s company, The Rockwell Group, has designed the set for the Oscar telecast. The set will include one of the most notable elements of the 81st Academy Awards design — the Swarovski Crystal Curtain — but, this year, it will have new and unexpected features for an even greater theatrical effect. The overall design is intended to evoke a classic but modern glamour, with the use of white, platinum, topaz, and smoky bronze hues. This year’s set also features three circular, revolving platforms that work in combination with rotating LED panels and architectural metalwork screens for film projection.
“It has been fantastic to work on the Oscars again, particularly because we have been able to build and expand on so many of the design innovations we introduced last year,” says Rockwell.
Rockwell received a Tony nomination for the set of Hairspray. His other credits include Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, All Shook Up, The Rocky Horror Show, and Catch Me If You Can.
