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Production Design. Academy Award Winners for Art Direction. Academy Award Winners for Art Direction. Moulin Rouge To Kill a Mockingbird Titanic Citizen Kane Star Wars. -. Production Design The visual elements of film production. set design and construction locations decor - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ProductionDesign
- Moulin Rouge
To Kill a Mockingbird
Titanic
Citizen Kane
Star Wars
Academy Award Winnersfor Art Direction
Academy Award Winners
for Art Direction
Production Design
The visual elements of film production
set design and construction
locations
decor
props and costumes
History
1899
first sets
two-dimensional
immovable
resembled theater backdrops
History (Cont.)
1916 - “Intolerance”
first full-scale sets
three-dimensional
History (cont.)
1939 - “Gone With the Wind”
sweeping cinematic vision
costly
expansive
Set Design
like costumes must “fit” the film
what kind of space should be used - open and airly or closed-in and dark
Set Design“Gone with the Wind”
architectural features on set or on location
sets must accomodate the camera and its limitations.
cameras can move three-dimensionally
lighting will also change from one place to another
1. Examine this painting for the architecture. Notice how the room is shaped, where the windows are placed and where the light is coming from.
2. Now, do the same for significant scenes in your film. Discuss how the set plays a role in setting the mood of the film.
Once the room is created...
props, furnishings, plants, food
reveal character traits
can advance the story as in the hourglass in the Wizard of Oz
set decorations must match the time period
consult with scientists and engineers for futuristic scenes
1. Examine your film’s set decorations. 2. Are they appropriate to the time period of your film? 3. Would your character own these things?
Color
work with costume/makeup
historically accurate
symbolic meaning
indicate state of mind of character
is the film black and white
Texture
soft velvets v. rough burlap v. smooth leather
1. Think about your own home or room. 2. What “set decorations” and color do you surround yourself with? 3. Now, look at your film. What “set decorations” and colors do your characters surround themselves with? 4. What color palettes did the art director choose?
Art Direction
two divisions - designs and clueprints and furnishings, costumes, props
storyboards, sketches and models