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Interviews & Reunions

The interview and reunion environments across the franchise, where the set has to feel intimate on a close lens and hold up under hours of talking heads.

Role
Set Decorator / Set Dresser
Production
The Bachelor franchise
Network
ABC
Years
2015 to present
Interviews & Reunions set by Carly Panice

The brief

Interviews and reunions are where the franchise slows down and gets close. The camera lives on a face, so the set behind it has to do quiet work: feel intimate, feel expensive, and never fight the person in frame. It also has to survive hours of sitting under lights.

What I built

I designed and dressed the in-the-moment interview environments and the reunion and live-audience stages, choosing furniture, florals, and hero pieces that frame a face cleanly and hold on a tight lens. The work is subtle by design, and it carries a huge share of the emotional beats the audience remembers.

On camera

Sets that put the emotion first and keep the eye where the story needs it.

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