J.P Trevor, artist, artist in hollywood, artist in exeter

TV SPOTS / PROMO

‘It was freezing inside the disused opera house in Vienna. The models with bowler hats and angel wings had tiny puffs of air coming out of their mouths. I felt good; I had just promoted myself from scenic to production designer and had mostly carte blanche; just pretend I was Magritte..’ JP

‘Filmhaus flew me in to meet Austria's main director Michael Bindlechner
With Ogilvy & Mather agency suits in one corner, men with black wings, bowler hats, girls with huge pink shells, and me covered in blue oil paint our ‘smoked’ set was surreal and gave us a fine bit of footage which got us the top awards: the Lurzers Archiv and a CCA.’ JP

ARETHA FRANKLIN SHOOT  / DETROIT
‘The producer said that she wanted a big set for Aretha Franklin, and that I had until tomorrow evening, when the director was flying in from L.A., to have it finished. I said nothing. A minute later I had six men cutting dozens of sheets of ply as fast as they could. A brief this big and with no time, I had to pull out the bag of tricks. Aretha was happy..’’ JP