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Dark greetings, everyone.
And welcome to another episode of "After the Shadows,"
the show created just for you, the fans, because why?
We love you.
That's why.
I'm your host Harvey Guillen.
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In today's show, we have a very special behind the scenes
episode with someone who truly creates the world around us.
Please give a warm welcome to our season three set decorator,
and for the upcoming season four, our new production
designer, Miss Shayne Fox.
Hi.
How are you?
I'm so good.
How are you, Harvey?
Good.
Thanks so much for coming on the show, first of all.
I'm such a fan of your work.
Can you tell us about the different roles
you have had on "Shadows" so far and what they entail?
So I've been on the show for the first three seasons
as the set decorator, which means that me and my team
are in charge of just filling the sets,
getting all the stuff, the curtains, the carpets,
the candelabras, the many, many candles, all
of the oddball things.
And, you know, whether we're on location or in studio,
we're the ones who have to source,
build, assemble, dress, style, age, just put
it all in front of the camera.
There's not a day that goes by that we're
shooting that we don't find something new and interesting
on the set.
Like, I was in the library and in the shelves
was a map from 1988 Disneyland.
And the back story of, like, how did they get--
yeah.
Like, the idea that anything is possible
and you, like, created this world where it's
like walking into a museum.
I don't want to touch things.
They're so cool.
And is that challenging just to find
like pieces that go with the vibe, obviously
the aesthetic of the show?
It's challenging in some ways, but in some ways
it's, for me, it comes really easy,
because it's what I love to do.
I love stuff and I really love this show in particular.
So you just get into the mindset, you know?
You know where to go for certain things
and you start sourcing your-- my eye
is always looking for stuff.
And when you're out there, maybe you're looking for an attic
set, but then you see the perfect thing
for a weird basement that we know we have coming up.
So you're just always on.
You're always looking.
And we have really talented people on our team
who are like artists.
We sort of all collaborate and just
get into the details big time.
That's amazing.
This year, we introduced in season three,
two of my favorite set pieces.
One of them being the Chamber of Curiosities.
Behind this door, the Chamber of Curiosities.
The treasures of many generations of vampires
gathered from around the world and collected here.
Ageless, timeless, marvelous artifacts.
But be warned, some of this stuff is inordinately powerful
and not to be monkied the about with.
It's like walking into a different world.
How did the idea and concept for this come together?
Well, I think the main concept comes from the showrunners
and the writers, Paul Simms and worked with Kate Bunch
the designer.
And they came up with this world and then
it was our job to fill it.
It's supposed to be like a chamber full of things
that vampires would collect.
So what is that?
So we just sort of make it up.
And, like, what would vampires find
cool, what would they have?
HARVEY GUILLEN: That mermaid is one of my favourites.
SHAYNE FOX: That half-mermaid, half-monkey slash human,
slash mermaid, but in our world it
was sort of half-vampire too.
And that's a custom piece.
That's like the one piece that I'm, like,
when the show wraps up, that piece
might disappear, just because.
That's fine by me.
I mean, it's creepy and cool and, like,
the wig and the whole bit.
No.
It's, like, the detail.
I mean, going over to the archives of the library.
My giddy aunt.
To the scholar of the printed page, this place is Valhalla.
What I dismissed of rumor is actually true,
for this vampiric council holds the world's oldest and largest
collection of pornography.
HARVEY GUILLEN: I really wish someone would have videotaped
our faces when we first stepped into this space,
because I think my jaw was just scraping
on the floor the whole walk through,
because it's, like, whoa.
I mean, I knew that we had amazing sets, obviously
working on the show for the past two seasons
and then going to season three and stepping onto this set,
I was, like--
I couldn't have thought you would
outdo yourself from the past season and here we were.
We love it when you guys react that way,
because it's, like, the circular thing.
It's, like, you know, we're giving you an environment where
you can do your best work, hopefully,
and then the love that we feel from you guys
kind of fills the next one.
It's like, oh, I want to make it great so
that it's so fun to shoot in.
You know what I mean? - No.
I love stepping on the set.
And it really does make, especially with Guillermo
with being a bodyguard this season
and the first introduction is this world where
it's this grandeur of power and vampiric power.
It's just tangible now.
You know, it's actually where you're at.
It's bigger than, like, the mansion and, you know.
Because no humans are allowed in this space.
And for the first time to have a human being see this, like,
world that's a possibility is kind of--
it's great.
I think it contributes to just the world that we live in,
but also for my character, it added so much this season.
So thank you for that.
My pleasure.
I love it.
Thank you.
Well, a lot of these pieces play a huge role in creating
this perfect spooky atmosphere.
Has there been any run ins with some haunted objects, maybe?
You know, when we go down the path of finding creepy things,
you kind of run into some creepy people.
OK.
SHAYNE FOX: You know, they're like, come into my basement
and see all the dead things I have.
It's like, maybe not.
Something like this?
Did you find this in a basement?
SHAYNE FOX: No, that wasn't in a basement.
Those we found in an auction and they were from another show.
And they kind of inspired us to create a whole nook in the COC
that was, like, OK, well, maybe vampires would have
like some dehydrated humans or zombies
or some sort of human-like vampire experience form.
I don't know.
It's just sort of you have to extend your mind
to some illogical places.
And so we made our own version of those.
OK, Shayne.
So one of my favorite things in the Chamber of Curiosities
is that water tank.
As soon as you walk in, it's to the left.
It's the first thing I saw.
Can you tell me about this?
SHAYNE FOX: So that's one of our dioramas.
Oh, my god.
I can't tell you how many meetings, how
many conversations, how many iterations,
how many everything's that particular section of the COC
took.
You can see there's a vampire in the background
and he's about to break the oxygen line of a scuba diver
who's going for a giant pearl.
HARVEY GUILLEN: [LAUGHS]
We created this vignette with the vampire and custom
wardrobe we had made.
And we got the scuba gear, it's, like, vintage Soviet scuba gear
is what we could get on eBay because,
of course, where do you go to?
The vintage scuba gear store?
We're shipping in from, like, I don't even know where.
I don't know if you can tell, but the room is sealed.
It's full of smoke to catch the rays to make
it feel like underwater.
And then the glass is two walled,
so there's actually water in between the glass
to create the bubbles.
OK, Shayne.
So I don't know if you know this, but on this show,
we play-- have you heard of this game?
I don't know if you've heard of it.
"In a Staten Island Minute."
SHAYNE FOX: Yeah.
HARVEY GUILLEN: Yay.
OK, so the whole point, we're going to put 60 seconds
on the clock and we're going to just ask you as many questions,
see how many you get right.
So are you ready to play?
Yeah.
Start the clock, please.
OK.
What are the names of the couple next door who invite
the gang on this episode trip?
A, Sean and Charmaine or B, Steven and Carol.
Sean and Charmaine.
Correct.
Next one.
OK.
Set design was born where?
A, Egyptian theatre or B, Greek theatre?
Ooh, I'd say Greek theatre.
HARVEY GUILLEN: Correct.
All right, next one.
Which of the following you were known as the Rat Pack?
A, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop
and Peter Lawford, or B, Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Elvis?
Let's say A. There was no Elvis in the Rat Pack.
HARVEY GUILLEN: Correct.
Yay.
HARVEY GUILLEN: During the Baroque period,
this person developed a changeable scenery
using chariots, ropes and pulleys, which
allowed more complex settings.
A, Giacomo Torelli or B, Shakespeare?
I think Shakespeare was not really into ropes and pulleys,
so I'm going to say Giacomo.
Correct.
Right.
Next one.
"Ocean's 11" was released in what year?
A, 1954 or B, 1960?
I can say 1960.
HARVEY GUILLEN: Correct.
And that is time.
Yay.
Oh, you got five out of five.
Wow.
HARVEY GUILLEN: You got them all right.
You are in the lead right now, Shayne.
SHAYNE FOX: Whoa, that's amazing.
Well, you gave me a good question,
so I just went with it.
Everyone, please give it up for the wonderful Shayne Fox.
Aw, thanks guys.
Thank you for having me.
Fun, fun.
Thanks so much, Shayne.
Oh, and before we go, I want to remind
you to send us your artwork by using the hashtag
#AfterTheShadowsFanArt.
That's #AfterTheShadowsFanArt.
Post it on social media.
We might find it.
And you never know, we might use it in a future episode.
You've already sent so many great pieces, so please,
just keep them coming, because we love them.
All right, thanks so much for sharing.
Until next time, take care and enjoy "The Shadows."
Bat.
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