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part of a long-standing relationship with ABC News, Chicago
Scenic was retained to build ABC's studio sets for the 1996
and 2000 presidential election night coverage.
Working
under a very tight schedule, Chicago Scenic built and shipped
the sets, which were designed by ABC's George Allison, to
ABC's Studio 1 in 1996 and to Good Morning America's Times
Square studio in 2000, both in New York City, in less than
two weeks.
In 1996
Chicago Scenic created a futuristic two-story set incorporating
specially selected props and texture panels shipped in from
California. The spaceship interior theme allowed for many
unique looks and the integration of virtual scenery as part
of the programming. This was achieved by shooting portions
of the election night coverage in front of a green screen,
which allowed ABC to broadcast live moving images of on-air
talent on a non-existent set that looked like the rest of
the spaceship interior.
In 2000
each of the five news anchors had his or her own desk located
in the Good Morning America (GMA) studio that was finished
with a speckled black and gray paint treatment and stained
cherry trim to blend in with the existing GMA sets. The desks
were built so that they could be easily broken apart and rolled
away to allow GMA to go live on their set the morning after
the election.
 
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