David successfully fields questions from the group of lawyers and relations consultants on the tour, explaining the use of different lighting to emphasize different emotional scenes, how framing is done to put audiences into the sets, it all flows easily as David walks them through the studio.
As the group moves through the sets, David sees workers darting this way and that, trying to stay out of the groups path. David knows its because nobody wants to be asked THAT question. Where is Verity? David manages to keep the question from being asked by deftly continuing the tour without stopping long enough to let a silence occur.
David walks the assembly through the various, intricate sets constructed for the space between. Each set is a 2 or three walled construction that from the camera perspective will comprise the entirety of the scene. He talks about Clarissa's apartment and is able to point out subtleties with the decorations and layouts that will unconsciously remind people of the churches teaching. As they move through a street scene, David sees a setwork he hadn't yet seen through the open door of the alleyway wall.
Towards the back of the studio is a massive set piece, easily twenty feet high. In the foreground of the set are massive dark boulders that seem to be jutting out of a cliff face in a ragged line. At the back of the set, to the right he sees a similar rock climb to the height in a sheer face. On the left is an open tapestry that depicts a gray and stormy sky. As David looks at the set, above the jutting rocks at the front, he sees someone stand up at the back of the set. It looks to be a woman based on her hair and dress, but she is facing away from David looking out at the tapestry at the back of the set. As she stands, she moves... wrong. Her arms hang at her side, not stiff, but not the natural way someone would hold their arms at rest. As she rises into view, David can't make out her legs with the rocks, but the way she lifts it almost seems like she is being elevated, not standing up. Her black hair spills down to mingle with a dress of exquisite design. The fabric seems to be of a silk, but has a soft fuzz to it. Nested within the fabric appear to be pinpricks of light, possibly small LEDs?, that seem to sway and move with the dress although the woman herself seems to be standing still.
A worker mumbles an apology to David as he walks through the door and closes it. David blinks and realizes he had paused in his oration. This is all nice, but where is Verity? A short fat man in glasses asks David with concern.
