When the X-Files miniseries airs later this year, the set design will be the work of a Summerland artist.
Janice Blackie-Goodine, a set director, has been selected to work on the set for the science fiction horror miniseries.
The six-episode event series was announced in March and will be a continuation of the popular television series which aired from 1993 to 2002.
The series will be filmed in and near Vancouver, with the original cast and crew.
“It was one of the first series to put Vancouver on the map as a film town,” she said.
Blackie-Goodine has spent many years in film and television, but did not work on the original X-Files series. Instead, much of her work has been creating sets for westerns and historical films and television series.
“It’s a different genre, but it will be fun to do,” she said.
To prepare for the work, Blackie-Goodine first reads the script and researches background and details.
Then, after meeting and discussing ideas with others in the project, she shops for the props and set pieces.
Finding the pieces can be a challenge because of the time constraints, although prop shops are able to build items she needs but cannot find.
The tight time constraints provide a challenge.
Working within the deadlines and time lines, Blackie-Goodine works 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week, during the production of a film or series.
Much of the filming for the six episodes will be done on location in the Vancouver area.
If a specific location recurs during multiple episodes, it will be rebuilt as a set.
On Friday, Blackie-Goodine will leave for the project. She expects to have the work completed by the middle or end of September.