My coworker and I designed and constructed a 9’x5’ miniature set, which would be featured in the title sequence of the film. We started with a wooden base, which was covered with chicken wire and plaster, and finally detailed with train model set materials. The houses, roads, signs, fences, and telephone poles were all painstakingly handcrafted to realistically depict a typical suburban neighborhood. The titles “Wasted!” text was composed of actual rotting food, which I collected and dressed the set with, before helping shoot the final product.
Collaborator: Naoko Saito
In tangent with this, I also built these maps, and stop-motion animated them to illustrate which geographic locations waste the most of a particular grain.
Trailer for the film:
“Use everything, waste nothing.”
-Tony Bourdain
Link to:
http://www.wastedfilm.com/