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Melbourne's newest design blogger and good friend of Core77, Lucy recently caught up with Matt Cotter who's worked on detailed sculptures, props and scenery for Star Wars Episodes II and III, Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, Stealth, Ned Kelly, Ghostrider and projects including the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony. Some good insight for those looking to get a start working on sets in the film industry and maybe even a career path that let's you play in a band on the side.

...There have been occasional clashes between work and music, but most of the time it seems a job finishes just as a tour, or recording or whatever is about to start. And fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your perspective) my whole career has been casual employment, so I'm not really burning any bridges by saying 'no' to jobs if I've got something else on.

And while you're scoping out the design files, don't miss last months interview with artist Jim Clark who has a long history making the sets for one of Australia's best music festivals, The Big Day Out.