Snoopy’s Doghouse




Almost as iconic as Snoopy himself is his signature red doghouse. “Normally, for a protagonist and antagonist, we would use color to play off each other, so we had to balance the red of Snoopy’s doghouse against the red of his arch enemy,” explains Dunnigan. “The Red Baron’s plane is just slightly more muted than Snoopy’s doghouse, which is a pure red.” Adds lighting supervisor Jeeyun Sung Chisholm, “The red of Snoopy’s doghouse is considered one of the hero colors established in the strip, so it was important that no other object had the same color.” Because of the sharp, contrasting colors present in Snoopy’s fantasy world, the doghouse can appear a bit darker while still maintaining consistency in design.

An up-close examination of Snoopy’s doghouse reveals all the great detail in the bevels, lines and styling that went into the design. “The doghouse was also rigged to be favourably shot in camera,” explains Dunnigan. “Like the characters, it needed to feel like the comic, so its perspective could be altered in camera to give the feeling of something we would see in the strips. So not only did Snoopy have custom rig, his doghouse did, too!