Showtime commissioned Jim Fiscus to shoot the key art for season three of its hit series The Borgias, marking the second time he has shot key art for the historical drama. For season two, Jim had one day to photograph seven sets, all of them drastically different from each other.
“One of the most exciting ones involved a lot of fire. We had a huge pyrotechnic set,” says Jim. “And I don’t mean a polite New York pyrotechnic set—this was a big Eastern European over-the-top thing.”
The shoot took place in a remote location in Budapest, but the gear came from London. Jim mapped out everything he would need to get the images on Showtime’s list, right down to the head extension cables, because he knew there was no margin for error—once he was on location, there would be no running to a local rental outfit for extra gear. “By the end of the shoot, I had used every stick of gear,” he recalls.
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