Learning to Breathe Under Water — May Davies Production Design

LEARNING TO BREATHE UNDER WATER
Feature Film

60th Karlovy Vary Festival - World Premiere
Galway Film Fleadh - Audience Award - Winner

Press

Hollywood Reporter
“Given that most of the action happens inside Leo and Peter’s home, special attention is lavished on the production design, overseen by May Davies, which adeptly uses color and set dressing to illustrate where Peter’s head is at in any given scene. The clutter ebbs and flows like the tide, reflecting the chaos of spaces where artists live, often homes just on the cusp between quaint and unbearably chaotic.“
Variety
“Fortune and production designer May Davies find a visual shorthand for the characters’ psychological state in the ocean-blue shades of the house interiors, as dictated by Peter, versus the sunshine yellows of his wife’s personal effects, hidden away in the attic. “
Gazettely
“May Davies’ production design gives Peter’s depression a palette. The blue rooms create an underwater sensation, while the yellow objects associated with his wife retain the warmth he has locked away. “