Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

(Nigel Coan, 2012)

WIKI

From the childlike imagination of Noel Fielding, comes the mixture of live action and animation that is, Luxury Comedy. The sets are created from what looks like the contents of a child's craft set; reflective card, glitter, felt tip pens, crayon, sparkly fabrics, sequins, feathers, etc. It's an extravagant mixture of exaggerated textures and surfaces, for example, creases are painted onto fabrics. It is psychedelic and over the top and props are created from the most normal of objects, making them very abnormal in the process. Beards created from pencil crayons, facial features made from plastic cups. Make up and face paint are used in an exaggerated manner too. The whole feel of the programme is colourful and bizarre, a neon, geometric world.

The IT Crowd (S4EO2) “The Final Countdown”

(Graham Lineham, 2010)

IMDB

One of my favourite TV sets is the basement office of The IT crowd. It's fantastically “nerdy” and cluttered with an assortment of items. The walls are covered with graphic posters and cult imagery and every display surface is crammed with books, CD's, board games, memorabilia and models. Cupboards and other smooth surfaces are decorated with an array of stickers. Pieces of computer components are dotted around the set. The furniture is dated and mismatched, only adding to the cluttered and dis-organised feel of the whole IT department.