Creating the fictional lush city-state and island nation appearing in DC comic books known as Themyscira, for the recent Warner Bros. movie Wonder Woman.
Themyscira is the theocracy and capital city that serves as the Amazon peoples’ government and place of origin for Wonder Woman. The name for the entire archipelago became “The Paradise Islands”, when the city was renamed “Themyscira” with the character’s February 1987 relaunch in Wonder Woman. Both the island and city are named after the mythological city of Themiscyra, the capital of the Amazon tribe in Greek mythology.
I was set with the task of research, plan and scout remote parts of China in order to find the real life components that exits, in order to photograph them with extreme high definition, so they can be then inserted into the film by means of Visual Effects to create Themiscyra.
Director: Patty Jenkins
Production Designer: Aline Bonetto
Studio: Warner Bros.
Starring: Gal Gadot & Chris Pine
Locations: London, Italy & China
Location Brief: Paradise elements across rural China
Here is a selection of my original scout photos for the film:
This is how Themyscira looked in the film:
Film Trailer:
