The Boundary

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  • Short Film - 2008
  • Position: Art Department / Graphics
"The Boundary", film by Julius Onah is about discrimination at the border of the U.S. and Canada in a pre- 9/11 world. The design features an interrogation room/waiting room that were built on a sound stage in Brooklyn and an exterior toll booth at Jones Beach dressed as a border checkpoint. The film featured Alexander Siddig (Star Trek/Syriana) and can be seen on HBO.
  • Director: Julius Onah
  • Production Designer: Kristen Adams
  • DP: Rob Hauer
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Sketch of room.
Rendering of interrogation room communicating color and paint treatment.
Rendering to communicate the build of the interrogation room.
Interrogation room. A faux two-way mirror was added to the wall.
Police endlessly interrogate an innocent man. Graphics and details were invested in his possessions.
Sconces on wall and an overhead light were added.
Rendering of waiting room communicating color and paint treatment
Rendering to communicate the build to the waiting room.
Film set still of waiting room. Bulletin Board was custom-created.
The waiting room was built from a pre-exising door. Floor, painted flats, and decor were added.
The child and mother anxiously await for him to return.
Waiting room.
Renderings from original photos of location with drawings added on top.
Before/After photos of Jones Beach with designed graphics and props.
Set film still of border patrol.