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The sign Ally and Jackson stare at was faked for the movie, digitally added in postproduction.
They couldnt show me a lot from the film, like what they had shot already, she said.
The studio provided Burrell with three photos of Gaga in character as Ally to choose from.
Gaga herself is so radiant with that hair color.
I felt like she needed to be the center of the image without any distractions.
I sent like four or five different color waves to [Murphy], she said.
She sent it to Bradley and Gaga and they came back and they loved it.
There wasnt a lot of back and forth.
It was handpicked by them.
Burrell designed the movies billboard in October 2018.
Exactly a year later, Warner Bros. asked her to make it real.
They wanted it exactly how I had designed it.
Obviously the design that I had made was done in visual effects.
It was a much smaller format.
I widened it and added more colors.
When Ally and Jackson look at the billboard in the film, theyre both a little awestruck by it.
You always said you liked my nose.
Its real big up there, Ally says.
I love your nose, Jackson replies.
I wish it was bigger up there.
The whole thing should just be yourfuckinnose.
Fuck all those people that said anything.
Just put up a billboard of your fuckin nose!
Because I have seen this movie four (or is it five?)
times, I recounted this dialogue to Burrell in its entirety.
Did she have any idea thats what theyd say?
Was there ever a version of the billboard that was entirely Allys fuckin nose?
That is so funny.
I totally forgot about that, Burrell said.
Theydidkeep asking to bring her bigger and bigger and bigger so that her face became more prominent.
