▁forward , ▁all ▁of ▁that ▁started ▁to ▁happen ▁in ▁those ▁f itt ings , ▁in ▁those ▁first ▁beginning ▁f itt ings ." ▁Ben ach ▁spoke ▁of ▁her ▁objective ▁in ▁creating ▁cost umes ▁that ▁support ▁the ▁story , ▁not ▁attempting ▁to ▁dist ract ▁nor ▁take ▁the ▁vie wer ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁moment , ▁and ▁she ▁further ▁express es ▁this ▁sentiment ▁by ▁stating , ▁" This ▁story ▁is ▁a ▁story ▁of ▁friendship ▁and ▁love ▁between ▁Richard ▁and ▁M ild red ▁and ▁I ' d ▁never ▁wanted ▁to ▁det ract ▁from ▁those ▁moments ." ▁ ▁Production ▁design ▁ ▁Production ▁designer ▁Ch ad ▁Keith , ▁who ▁worked ▁with ▁Nich ols ▁previously ▁on ▁Take ▁Sh elter ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁and ▁Mid night ▁Special ▁( 2 0 1 6 ), ▁commented ▁that ▁the ▁greatest ▁cre ative ▁challenge ▁was ▁to ▁do ▁justice ▁to ▁the ▁Lov ings , ▁while ▁also ▁acknowled ging ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁film ▁about ▁actual ▁living ▁persons . ▁Keith ▁str essed ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁the ▁location , ▁to ▁which ▁his ▁team ▁an ▁himself ▁tried ▁to ▁match ▁up ▁the ▁locations ▁to ▁where ▁and ▁how ▁the ▁Lov ings ▁lived , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁explained , ▁" There ▁are ▁different ▁sorts ▁of ▁income ▁levels ▁represented ▁throughout ▁their ▁whole ▁family ▁that ▁we ▁wanted ▁to ▁show ▁in ▁the ▁film . ▁We ▁b ounced ▁around ▁all ▁over ▁Virginia ▁and ▁in ▁D . C ." ▁Keith ▁remarked ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁his ▁first ▁period ▁piece , ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁beginning , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁things ▁[ N ich ols