{"334371":{"#nid":"334371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Making Movie-Set Magic","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s likely that more people have seen the buildings Justin O\u2019Neal Miller, Arch 05, helped design than have witnessed the work of the world\u2019s top architects. The major difference, however, is that his constructions aren\u2019t exactly real.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMiller has served as a set designer and art director for several major film and TV productions, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Walking Dead\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E42\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Cem\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Hunger Games: Mockingjay\u003C\/em\u003E Parts 1 and 2\u0026nbsp;\u2014 all of which were at least partly filmed in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduating from Tech, Miller found work at a couple leading architecture firms but got laid off during the 2009 economic downturn. Looking for a job, he used his contacts to land a gig as a neophyte set designer on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBig Mommas: Like Father, Like Son\u003C\/em\u003E, the third title in Martin Lawrence\u2019s comedy trilogy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt might not have been the artistic project I had always hoped for,\u201d Miller says, \u201cbut it was a good place to start. I\u2019m lucky to have known the right people to get my foot in the door.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/09\/making-movie-set-magic\/\u0022\u003ERead on as the movile illusionist takes the \u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAlumni Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;behind the scenes of his career.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech architecture grad helps design illusions for film and television."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Tech architecture grad helps design illusions for film and television.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech architecture grad helps design illusions for film and television."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-10-15 12:31:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:15","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"334361":{"id":"334361","type":"image","title":"Walking Dead Set","body":null,"created":"1449245150","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:05:50","changed":"1475895046","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:46","alt":"Walking Dead Set","file":{"fid":"200454","name":"walkingdead.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/walkingdead_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/walkingdead_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28672,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/walkingdead_0.jpg?itok=8SvnTqS9"}},"334351":{"id":"334351","type":"image","title":"Justin O\u2019Neal Miller","body":null,"created":"1449245150","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:05:50","changed":"1475895046","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:46","alt":"Justin O\u2019Neal Miller","file":{"fid":"200453","name":"justin_d1a1840_v1fs-e1409750661312.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/justin_d1a1840_v1fs-e1409750661312_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/justin_d1a1840_v1fs-e1409750661312_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":857165,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/justin_d1a1840_v1fs-e1409750661312_0.jpg?itok=AbAvCyKp"}}},"media_ids":["334361","334351"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/09\/making-movie-set-magic\/","title":"Read the Full Story"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"8271","name":"alumni magazine"},{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"3798","name":"arts"},{"id":"106561","name":"film industry"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:roger.slavens@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERoger Slavens\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}