Production Design: Architects of the Screen

by Jane Barnwell

Overview

Production Design: Architects of the Screen explores the role of the production designer through a historical overview that maps out landmark film and television designs. From the familiar environs of television soap operas to the elaborate and disorientating Velvet Goldmine. Jane Barnwell considers how themes. motifs and colours offer clues to unravel plot. character and underlying concepts. In addressing the importance of physical space in film and TV, the book investigates questions of authenticity in detail. props. colours and materials. The design codes of period drama. more playful representations of the past and distinctive contemporary looks are discussed through the use of key examples ranging from musicals of the 1930s to cult films of the 1990s. The book also includes interviews with leading production designers and studies of Trainspotting, The English Patient and Caravaggio.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781903364550
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	03/25/2004
Series:	Short Cuts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jane Barnwell is lecturer in film and television at London Guildhall University and an experienced film, theatre and television production designer.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Role of the Production Designer
2. Where Are We?
3. From Concept to Construct
4. Textures in Time
5. The Role of Technology
Notes
Glossary
Filmography
Bibliography