‘Swarm’ Production Designer Explains How She Brought Dre’s Parasocial Obsession to Life

Behind every successful leap from script to screen is a thoughtful production designer, working tirelessly and with great care to ensure the audience is wholly immersed in a world that once existed only in a writer’s imagination.

For Swarm, co-created by Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, production designer Sara K. White was tasked with bringing the Atlanta alums’ story to life on a decidedly tight schedule—all while working to establish a believable consistency in main character Dre’s surroundings despite ever-changing locales.

But that’s far from the only unique challenge brought on by this story. As star Dominique Fishback herself told Complex last month, there were therapists on set to help actors and others involved in the show get through the more emotionally difficult scenes.

For further insight, Complex spoke with White, who has also worked on The Flight Attendant and The Wilds, about her own Swarm journey. See our full conversation below.

This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.