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<\/p>\nJuly 3 marks the release of an extended edition of the hit A24 flick\u00a0Backrooms, and a Vancouver-based wallpaper shop played an important role in creating the film\u2019s eerie vibe.<\/p>\n
Daily Hive was contacted by Wallpaper Online Canada, which has helped out on various projects in the film industry.<\/p>\n
Backrooms was partially filmed in Vancouver, including the maze-like backrooms themselves, and Wallpaper Online Canada played a huge role in bringing the sickly yellow maze to life.<\/p>\n
We spoke with Ben Monkhouse, one of the co-owners of Wallpaper Online Canada, about the company and how it got involved with the Backrooms\u00a0production. He and his co-owner built the company out during COVID.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do lots of different kinds of custom wallpapers and try to bring some joy to people\u2019s walls,\u201d Monkhouse said.<\/p>\n
It was the Backrooms set decorators, with whom the company had worked before, who said they had a \u201cbig project.\u201d It wasn\u2019t till after release that Monkhouse realized how big the project was.<\/p>\n
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Finding the right shade of yellow for the iconic walls featured in the film wasn\u2019t as easy as you might think.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got to work with their art department, and essentially we did like 30 or 40 different iterations of the color to get the perfect yellow,\u201d Monkhouse said.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that colours would appear differently in-house versus in the shoot due to the changes in lighting and other factors. The wallpaper would appear differently online on a screen compared to when it\u2019s printed and in front of your eyes. It\u2019ll also look slightly different once on camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s kind of fun being part of that process, because you could see the creative side as it was coming to life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monkhouse suggested the production needed thousands and thousands of square feet of wallpaper, considering the various adjustments that needed to be made. He said the sound stages they were building were located in Delta, B.C.<\/p>\n
When asked about the aftermath and what it felt like to be part of such a spectacle, Monkhouse said, \u201cI don\u2019t think we realized the scale of it as we were entering into the project.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monkhouse told Daily Hive that the film industry is a growing part of the company\u2019s business.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got all these productions being made in Vancouver, all these big sound stages, movie studios. Netflix just opened up a new animation studio here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monkhouse said it\u2019s a fun industry to be involved in, especially because of the turnaround time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey always need everything yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other productions that they\u2019ve worked on include Tracker and a new film starring Nicole Kidman.<\/p>\n
Outside of the film industry, Wallpaper Online Canada offers something special with its custom wallpapers, as there aren\u2019t many companies like it here in Canada. Particularly at a time when folks are looking for Canadian and local solutions, which Monkhouse says there\u2019s been a huge increase in.<\/p>\n
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Wallpaper Online Canada<\/a><\/p>\n While other companies offer similar services, he said many of them are located in Europe or the United States.<\/p>\n Monkhouse hasn\u2019t seen his company\u2019s wallpaper come to life with a\u00a0Backrooms viewing yet, but he has another opportunity with an extended edition being released today<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another local business was also prominently featured in the promotional campaign for the movie, the 2400 Motel<\/a>.<\/p>\n