Chivalry

Production Design

Jonathan Paul Green was Production Designer on Chivalry, the Channel 4 comedy-drama created by and starring Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani.

Set within the contemporary film and television industry, the production gave me the opportunity to create a range of contrasting environments, from production offices and working industry spaces to the characters’ homes and more personal interiors.

Shot almost entirely in London with some exteriors being shot in Los Angeles, one of the key challenges, much as it had been on Episodes, was making London convincingly look and feel like LA. Locations, set dressing and carefully chosen details all played a part in creating a consistent Los Angeles world across footage shot on both sides of the Atlantic.

The design aimed to give each environment its own identity while maintaining a coherent, contemporary visual language across the series. Locations, set dressing, colour and detail were used to reflect the characters and the changing balance between their professional and private lives.

As with much of my work, the focus was on creating believable, character-led environments that support the story and performances while giving the production a distinctive visual world.