Orange County Municipal Building
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The Orange County Municipal Building provides a public, civic stage where reporters wait and the handoff unfolds. Its façade and steps create a thin line between private strategy and public performance, forcing rapid role-definition under media pressure.
Sunlit but tense; simultaneously public and intimate—press curiosity buzzes while private resentment simmers.
Stage for public scrutiny and the private side-step where leadership decisions are clarified.
Represents the transition from national celebrity to local accountability and the institutional space where politics becomes procedural.
Open to the public and press; no special restrictions are described in the scene.
The Orange County Municipal Building is the public stage where press and staff converge; it's where Will publicly names the team and privately withdraws from day-to-day duty, converting a civic backdrop into an informal boardroom and departure gate.
Public, sunlit, slightly tense — a mixture of performative press energy and private, emotional negotiation.
Stage for public announcement and staging area for private handoff
Represents the local electorate and the transition from campaign theater to operational reality
Open to the public; press and campaign staff freely mingle in front of the building
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Outside the municipal building Sam fields reporters about his de facto nomination but deliberately punts operational questions to Will. Will steps forward, publicly naming an all‑star campaign slate—a performance of …
Outside the municipal building, Sam pulls Will aside after a public staffing roll call and discovers Will has quietly removed himself from the campaign’s day-to-day. Will frames the decision as …