Play Pretend — Building the worlds you see on screen
Play Pretend — Art Department
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Play Pretend
Film Art Department — Singapore

PLAY PRETEND

Building the worlds you see on screen.

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Selected Work

2019 — 2024
Dressed dining room scene for Learn First to Die
Learn First to Die Set Dressing — Feature Film
Pastel town environment built in the studio for TikTok
TikTok — #ForYou Summit Complete World · 2022
Low-lit gamer room dressed around practical light for Gillette
Gillette — MVP Complete World · 2021
Distressed narrative interior built for Treasure
Treasure Set Dressing & Surfaces
Built noodle-stall set under stage lighting during performance
End of Play Scenic Build & Dressing
Philosophy

We build the worlds before the camera arrives.

Every set begins long before load-in — in research, drawings and reference. A world only reads on camera when its history has been decided first.

Then it is made by hand. Timber, plaster, paint, fabric — surfaces aged and layered until nothing looks built and everything looks lived in.

By the time the camera arrives, the world is already complete. The crew steps onto a set that has always existed — that is the job.

Studio set build in progress under working lights
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Screen & Stage Productions
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Feature Films
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Production Formats
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Years Building Worlds
The Making

Research. Construction. Paint. Age. Repeat.

Hands texturing a concrete surface
Surface Texturing
Hands assembling a chandelier prop
Fabrication
Layered wall dressing and draped material
Ageing & Distress
Workshop tools laid out in the studio
The Workshop

Objects

Catalogue — Selected
Hero lighter prop OBJ.01
Hero Lighter Metalwork Hand-finished hero prop · 1:1 scale
Illuminated fish prop OBJ.02
Glow Fish Illuminated Practical light source · resin & LED
Sculpted mushroom props OBJ.03
Mushroom Set Sculpture Foam, pigment & sealant · oversized
Knife props prepared for Treasure OBJ.04
Knife Variations Treasure Camera-safe prop set · aged steel finish
Glowing mushrooms installed on set at night OBJ.05
Mushrooms, On Set Installed Practical glow in final night scene
Production Office

Thinking is half the making.

Schedules, reference boards, colour systems, continuity notes. Every world is planned, catalogued and tracked so that what arrives on set is exactly what the frame needs — nothing more, nothing missing.

Production documents and continuity notes
Empty studio before the build
Day 0 — Bare
Same studio mid-build
Day 3 — Build
Green staircase set under production lighting
Behind the Scenes Built to be walked through, not just seen.
Stage set with dramatic lighting for TwoSet Violin
TwoSet Violin — Fantasia The set is the first performer on stage.
Selected Clients
TikTok Gillette TwoSet Violin Cariuma Pizza Hut Bosch National Library Board Ministry of Health