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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
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Academy Award Winnersfor Art Direction Academy Award Winners for Art Direction • Moulin Rouge • To Kill a Mockingbird • Titanic • Citizen Kane • Star Wars -
Production DesignThe 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