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Cairo 30

A full design package for Mahfouz's Cairo: palette and material boards, sections for every scene, the cast board, and the cinematic frames rendered from the set.

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CAIRO 30 Scenography
& Production Design

Cairo 30 is a scenography project exploring the visual and social atmosphere of 1930s Cairo. The project combined historical research, field visits to real working-class neighborhoods, and location scouting to capture authentic architectural details, materials, and textures.

This research shaped the complete set design, 3D visualizations, and poster, creating a believable visual world rooted in the period and its contrasting social classes.

MAIN SCENE VISUALIZATION

(Hand-Painted in Gouache)

A hand-painted study exploring the atmosphere, composition, color palette, and architectural character of the space before translating the concept into the final set design.

INITIAL SKETCH

An initial pencil study developed to define the scene’s composition, perspective, spatial proportions, and key set elements before moving into the final gouache visualization.

Main Scene • Set Design & Visual Development

TECHNICAL PLANS

The technical plan was developed to organize the complete set while considering both scenography and cinematography. Selected walls were intentionally left open or removable to provide practical camera access, while multiple camera positions and fields of view were studied to ensure effective coverage of each space. The layout connects the different rooms as one continuous set while maintaining clear shooting angles, circulation, and visual composition.

IHSAN’S HOUSE — TECHNICAL PLAN

The layout was designed to reflect Ihsan’s modest living conditions through compact rooms, limited space, and simple spatial organization. Despite the tight footprint, the set was carefully planned for filming, with open and removable walls allowing flexible camera placement and multiple shooting angles. Camera fields of view were studied across the different spaces to balance visual authenticity with practical production needs.