This Sunday is the biggest event for the entertainment industry, the Oscars. There’s a lot of buzz about who’s going to win best picture, best actor/actress, best director and so on. We wanted to share some of the style of the Oscars with a behind the scenes look into the Oscars Greenroom created by Architectural Digest and the Governors Ball created by Sequoia Productions.
The Oscars Greenroom
Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon joined David Rockwell, and architect that Architectural Digest selected to design the room and co-curate a digital masterpiece that represents 86 years of Oscars with 86 images from iconic, socially conscious films using Samsung TVs, tablets and phones.
Rockwell created this innovative art installation with Samsung technology by mounting the devices on a bronze mesh screen wall blending old with new.
Interesting fact – normally there is no “real” greenroom at the Dolby Theater, it’s created with temporary false walls just for the Oscars.
Selfie Time
While in the Greenroom, presenters can take “selfies” at the Samsung Twitter Mirror, which uses the new Galaxy Note® Pro during the show. If you want to see them, be sure to follow @TheAcademy on Twitter handle or search for the official #ArchDigestGreenroom hashtag.
Tech 411
For all you digital readers, we thought you’d want to know that the wall will have 86 Samsung devices, including 10 TVs, 21 tablets, and 55 smartphones, ranging in size from five inches to 60 inches to create the 17.5 x 8.5-foot wall. The Samsung TVs, Galaxy Note Pro, Tab Pro, S and Note will be synced with a specially created software program from LAB at the Rockwell Group allowing the art to morph into a montage of images and then into one single image.
The Governors Ball
“Stars under the stars”
The 86th Oscars® Governors Ball decor will be a combination of sleek, elegant lines merged with nature under a luminated, evening sky with seating that reflects a relaxed and intimate lifestyle.
Colors
The romantic colors selected are a mix of deep aubergine, rich chartreuse and Italian leopard tapestry, all framed by dynamic, vertical garden walls provided by Mark’s Garden. Décor elements include an array of fabrics in jewel-toned colors, which complement the rich, earth-tone elements in the Ballroom and include olivewood floral organzas, deep velvets, Italian leopard tapestry, deep purple/bronze textures, and other subtle splashes of glint and glitter around the room provided by Resource One.
Lux Lounge EFR will be creating 462 custom pieces in a variety of deep aubergine, brilliant platinum and pear green including hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind natural pieces to match this year’s theme.
Mark’s Garden
Mark Held of MARK’S GARDEN® was selected to design the massive floral décor for the Governors Ball starting from the ballroom’s entrance which will have two 18 foot high tableaus filled with windows displaying alternating vignettes of Oscar® statues and floral arrangements.
The ballroom will feature cascading walls of vertical fresh floral gardens and live greenery gardens with thousands of blooms of roses, orchids, kale and hydrangea with ferns and exotic vines, separated by green velvet draping and accented with white birch trees.
Sequoia Productions Celebrates 25 Years
This will be the 25th anniversary of Sequoia Productions designing and producing the Governors Ball for the Oscars. Watch our interview with Cheryl Ceccetto, the event producer and designer of the Governors Ball.
Entertainment for the Stars
The nights entertainment will feature John Legend, nine-time Grammy® Award-winning singer-songwriter, along with six-time Grammy Award winner, Gregg Field, leading a band comprised of A-list studio musicians.
Fun Facts
After looking at our coverage, one might ask, so how many people will be there? How many staff members will be needed, how much food is going to be ordered and so on… Well, we have the answers for you below:
- 1500 guests
- 950 staff
- 40 people working six days to create the floral designs
- 350 culinary staff
- 13,000 glasses for beverages
- 4,000 small plates
- 4,500 ramekins and verrines
- 6,000 cocktail forks
- 2 miles of LED lights are used for the stars with 150 safety pins to secure the lights
- 48 back-lit Oscars
- 10,000 blooms from countries including Ecuador, Colombia, Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States
- Approximately 30,000,000 feet of copper wire used in the electrical and audio system to light the party
- The equivalent of 50 semi-tractor trailers are used to transport the materials to produce the Governors Ball
- 2,180 man hours
Fun Food and Beverage Facts
- 6,500 wood-fired Oscar-shaped flat bread
- 250 pounds troll-caught Atlantic Bigeye
- 17 whole US wild-caught yellowtail
- 1,300 farmed oysters
- 5 kilos of American farm-raised caviar
- 600 Maine lobster
- 7,500 individual US shrimp
- 250 pounds sticky rice
- 30 gallons cocktail sauce
- 50 whole yellowtail snapper
- 25 gallons spicy mustard
- 1,250 stone crab claws
- 1,500 Yukon gold potatoes
- 10 pounds winter black truffles from Burgundy, France
- 20,000 pieces of California-grown micro greens
- 6,000 pieces mini brioche buns
- 5,000 cage-free eggs
- 300 quarts heavy cream
- 300 quarts milk
- 250 pounds organic sugar
- 3 gallons of green tea meringue
- 1,000 chocolate malted trees
- 7 gallons of olive oil sorbet
- 1,000 homemade marshmallow
- 5 pounds of chocolate popcorn
- 30 pounds of assorted organic nuts
- 1,000 filled mini Oscars
- 2,000 chocolate truffles
- 1,200 cupcakes
- 1,000 pounds of Cacao Barry bittersweet chocolate
- 10 pounds edible gold dust
- 5,000 mini chocolate Oscars
- More than 80 local farmers for fruits and vegetables
- 1,350 bottles of Thiénot Champagne
- 2,400 bottles of Sterling Vineyards Wine
- All fish and seafood SeafoodWatch compliant
Want to know more about the 86th Oscars® Governors Ball? Click to view our in-depth article on the food and beverages that will be served by Wolfgang Puck with Chef Partner Matt Bencivenga & the Wolfgang Puck Pastry Team including Romain Lenoir, Executive Pastry Chef for Wolfgang Puck Catering; Jason Lemonnier, Executive Pastry Chef at Hollywood & Highland; Kamel Guechida, Corporate Director of Pastry for the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group; and Della Gossett, Executive Pastry Chef at Spago Beverly Hills.
