Personnel, facilities, locations and resources
Personnel, facilities, locations and resources
Getting the right staff
part 1
- One way is to audit them
- Complete a media skills audit
part 2
- Create a list. If you were to make a short film what skills would you need?
eg. camera work, editing, directing, acting, costume design, production design, concept design
Production Designer
- Responsible for concept design in theatre productions and films
- They identify a style for sets, locations, graphics, props, lighting, camera angles, while working closely with the director and the producer
1) What does the role of a production designer entail? And what skills do they need?
- "the hand of the director"
- Understand how the director reads the script and helps the director visually accomplish what he interprets the film to be. Helps achieve the directors vision of the script.
- Have to "mind read" the director
- Have tot create the visual world of the film
- In preproduction, their key role is take the budget and purchase things to achieve the vision e.g. for the sets, props, rent buildings like castles and gardens etc...
- They either rent a location or build it from scratch
- The vision they have has to be within the budget
- Fast paced operation
- Multitasking is a skill absolutely required
- Have to be creative
- Have to learn how to work on a tight budget (seeing potential with a strict budget)
- Social skills
- Patience
- Have to be able to deal with stress
- Adaptable
- Project management skills
- Knowledge of editing skill
2) During a production, what other members does the production designer co-ordinate with?
- Directors
- Producers
- This platonically intimate connection and understanding of each other means that production designers often work again and again with the same directors and producers
-Set designers (when purchasing set props etc...)
- Set dressers
- Buyers and coordinators
- High on the priority list is having a good relationship with these people
- They have to have a good team around them
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3) What issues can occur as a production designer?
- Not having a close bond with the other production members (e.g. director)
- Having differing visions to the director
- Not having their vision within the budget
- The team may rely on the production designer. They have to have a skilled team around them
- The pace at which things move is extremely rapid and can become stressful
- Communication is key, and if fails
- The directors vision may chance along the way, and the script may change, so the production designer has to be able to adapt
4) What skills, education, experience and training are beneficial for a production designer to have?
- Theatre design degree
- Theatre experience
- Non film/ theatre design experience
- Set design
- Costume design
- Film experience
- Art history
- Internship with a set designer (or shadowing)
-
Go on animaker and make an animation on one of these roles
Getting the right staff
part 1
- One way is to audit them
- Complete a media skills audit
part 2
- Create a list. If you were to make a short film what skills would you need?
eg. camera work, editing, directing, acting, costume design, production design, concept design
Production Designer
- Responsible for concept design in theatre productions and films
- They identify a style for sets, locations, graphics, props, lighting, camera angles, while working closely with the director and the producer
1) What does the role of a production designer entail? And what skills do they need?
- "the hand of the director"
- Understand how the director reads the script and helps the director visually accomplish what he interprets the film to be. Helps achieve the directors vision of the script.
- Have to "mind read" the director
- Have tot create the visual world of the film
- In preproduction, their key role is take the budget and purchase things to achieve the vision e.g. for the sets, props, rent buildings like castles and gardens etc...
- They either rent a location or build it from scratch
- The vision they have has to be within the budget
- Fast paced operation
- Multitasking is a skill absolutely required
- Have to be creative
- Have to learn how to work on a tight budget (seeing potential with a strict budget)
- Social skills
- Patience
- Have to be able to deal with stress
- Adaptable
- Project management skills
- Knowledge of editing skill
2) During a production, what other members does the production designer co-ordinate with?
- Directors
- Producers
- This platonically intimate connection and understanding of each other means that production designers often work again and again with the same directors and producers
-Set designers (when purchasing set props etc...)
- Set dressers
- Buyers and coordinators
- High on the priority list is having a good relationship with these people
- They have to have a good team around them
s
3) What issues can occur as a production designer?
- Not having a close bond with the other production members (e.g. director)
- Having differing visions to the director
- Not having their vision within the budget
- The team may rely on the production designer. They have to have a skilled team around them
- The pace at which things move is extremely rapid and can become stressful
- Communication is key, and if fails
- The directors vision may chance along the way, and the script may change, so the production designer has to be able to adapt
4) What skills, education, experience and training are beneficial for a production designer to have?
- Theatre design degree
- Theatre experience
- Non film/ theatre design experience
- Set design
- Costume design
- Film experience
- Art history
- Internship with a set designer (or shadowing)
-
Go on animaker and make an animation on one of these roles
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