Robert Strohmaier is the art director on The Orville. He joined the crew for the eighth episode of the first season, Into the Fold.
Background[]
Strohmaier has acted as an Art Director for other television projects such as Bones, The Finder, and Lie to Me.
The Orville[]
Strohmaier was hired by production designer Stephen J. Lineweaver for the final five episodes of Season 1. Set construction continued through all of shooting. The rooms of the USS Orville were built and filmed in, "all while trying to keep the saw dust piles at bay."[1]
Strohmaier has made final decisions "from the unique wallcoverings to all the metallic paints, laser-cut plexi for food synthesizers, ... computer chips for engineering panels, [and] fiber optics for interior controls."[1] He thought creatively to solve design challenges, sometimes resorting to plastic palettes or empty wine crates for wall and floor surfaces and then lighting them with LEDs and Rainbow Quasars.[1]
He was in charge of creating LED lighting for the set, which he did by establishing a "visual language" for how the show communicates its environment to the audience through lighting: red alerts, system paneling, low power, cruise mode, etc.[1]
External links[]
- Article on the production of the show written by Strohmaier and production designer Stephen J. Lineweaver
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lineweaver, Stephen & Robert Strohmaier. "The Orville: A Chance to Design the Future". ADG Perspective. July-Aug. 2018. Pg. 101.