The World of The Testaments With Production Designer Martha Sparrow

Ahead of the season finale of The Testaments (and with the series recently greenlit for Season 2!), Wider Lens sat down with Production Designer Martha Sparrow to discuss how she and her team built on the visual language of Gilead while creating new spaces, textures, and details to bring this next chapter of Margaret Atwood’s story to life.

Here’s how the Art Department of The Testaments used period references and real-life inspiration to develop a new visual style while staying connected to the world that came before it.

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