This scene started with some amazing character studies by Justin which were then transformed into three dimensions by Mike with nothing more then foam, plush and a hot glue gun…

Notice Rahm’s sunken eyes peering out over Mike’s shoulder…

There are also some things we try that don’t always work out the way we’d planned. We originally wanted to place the three characters in the oval office set that Alex had built. We figured 1) it’s a great way to illustrate Rahm leaving the team and 2) it’s a great way to get more use out of a beautiful prop. The problem was that when we combined the footage, the characters started to get a bit lost and over powered by the set. We ultimately decided to go with a simple, bold blue background to make everyone ‘pop’. Here’s a sample of what could have been…