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ABOUT
Marina Coates
Creator of Mockingbird Lane Design
Hi! I'm Marina Coates. Welcome to Mockingbird Lane Design.
I have a degree in architecture and an obsession in set design!
As a free-lancer, some days I have extra time on my hands. On one of those days I was getting ready to send some images off to a developer, but for whatever reason decided to use the time just for fun instead.
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I had always wanted to walk around inside of the home from The Dick Van Dyke Show and here was my chance. So I created the Petrie home on my computer, walked around inside and I was hooked!
Since then I have created many more TV and movie home tours for my Behind the Scenes series, often interviewing people involved with the show.
But, it doesn't stop there.
One of the reasons we love these homes so much is because of the unique set of design principles that go into TV and movie homes.
Why are the principles unique?
Because Set Designers are storytellers at heart. They use design to tell us more about the people who live there and to create a mood.
And when it comes to movie design in particular, they only have about 2 hours to accomplish this - they won't be coming back week after week to tell us more. So, they have learned how to condense down design to have the greatest impact.
In my series Cinematically Inspired Design, you will learn how to take the design secrets from the cinema and bring them into your own homes - to tell your story through design and to create the mood you want to have there.
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I have 2 shows on YouTube.
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1. CINEMATICALLY INSPIRED DESIGN - We take the design secrets from the cinema and learn how to easily bring those same principles into our own homes.
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You can watch any episode of CINEMATICALLY INSPIRED DESIGN here:
https://www.mockingbirdlane.design/cinematically-inspired-design
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2. BEHIND THE SCENES - We get up close and personal with all of your favorite TV and movie homes. I give CG tours of the homes and share fun facts and stories along the way.
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You can watch any episode of BEHIND THE SCENES HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MarinaCoa/videos?view_as=subscriber
Watch my Presentation at Modernism Week 2024 in Palm Springs here:
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