FAHRENHEIT 451
Based on 1953's Ray Bradbury's novel and 1966' Francois Truffaut's film adaption, and in the light of today's global status, aim of my Final Master's Project (back in 2012) was to develop a new visual concept, time - shifted in the not too distant future, but in one of the possible hypothetical realities based on the dominance of technology and especially the technology of the media that doesn't represent reality, but completely creates it.
In this context where priorities are lost and all is relativized , social apathy is induced by cheap entertainment and a wealth of useless information maintaining a society in a state of permanent numbness.
Montag's apartment
The place where the main character lives. The design was inspired by the architecture of military bunkers, cold modern interiors and Japanese metabolism e.g. Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo by Kisho Kurokawa.
Montag's apartment - Concept sketch
Montag's apartment - Technical drawings
The Fire station
The heart of antagonism of this story is situated in the Fire station. Actors and the space in which they are located, make the core of the dystopian system which is introduced in the film.
The Fire station - Technical drawings
Old woman's apartment
The apartment in which Montag and his colleagues break in, where they find a secret library, and where the unnamed old woman sets herself on fire.
Old woman's apartment - Technical drawings
Faber's apartment - Place where the old retired english professor lives, Faber helps out Montag to escape.
Faber's apartment - Technical drawings
Abandoned railway track where the "Book people" live
The final scene is set in a forest, in the ambient of abandoned train cars that have been refurbished to a makeshift village inhabited by the so-called Book people.
Abandoned railway track where the "Book people" live - Technical drawings
Props