The Hunting Wives
Client
Set in the oil country of East Texas, ‘The Hunting Wives’ is a story of obsession, seduction, and murder. The ‘Wives’ are a clique of strong personalities who love their guns, their martinis, and care little for the rules of polite society. They do as they please. Like Texas, they’re bigger than life. And this was our insight into the opening. We wanted to create a sequence that would be big, bold and arresting, but also convey some of show’s dark humor. We came upon the idea of using the iconic oil pump jack, a familiar sight in East Texas, as our canvas. Fitted with painted, plywood cut-outs, the pump jacks function like giant, animated billboards from a more innocent time. But as we make our way through them, we find the innocence - and fun - giving way to something darker, more sinister and deadly.
