Photo by Art Streiber for Warner Bros. Television. Click to view larger.
Warner Bros. asked Art Streiber, master of the group portrait, to photograph Chuck Lorre with the stars of his series Two and a Half Men, Mike and Molly, The Big Bang Theory, and Mom. Below, Art explains how he got the shot, which is being used in ads to court Emmy voters.
“Not since Aaron Spelling in the 1970s and ’80s has one television producer/show runner had four shows on television at the same time. Until now. Chuck Lorre is the creator of Two and a Half Men, Mike and Molly, The Big Bang Theory, and Mom, and Warner Bros. Television wanted to honor that achievement. So they asked me to do a group portrait of Lorre and all of his casts.
The only hitches were that we had very limited time with the group of 39, and the shoot had to happen at night.
We created two different setups on the Warner Bros. back lot, about 30 yards apart from each other: one on the stoop of a brownstone on a New York street and this one, in front of the Warner Bros. theater.
Our goal was to create a lighting look that seemed natural for the environment, at night. We were aiming for a streetlight look, as if the talent had just walked down the street and stopped in a pool of available light. And we wanted the backlight to give the impression that it was coming from the marquee.
I worked very closely with Karen Toal-Anderson, VP, Creative Services, and Zareh Mirbegian, Executive Director, Creative Services at Warner Bros., who helped make this oversized group shot come to life!”
Photo courtesy Art Streiber.
Photo courtesy Art Streiber.
credits
Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing
Karen Toal-Anderson / VP Creative Services
Zareh Mirbegian / Executive Director, Creative Services
Diana Pearson / Photo Supervisor
