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Rick Carter Used the 'Invisible Art' of Production Design in The Fabelmans
December 14, 2022
Produciton designer Rick Carter talks about his long time collaboration with Steven Spielberg and how he brought his childhood to…
Joel Coen and Frances McDormand on set of The Tragedy of Macbeth Stefan Dechant
January 12, 2022
Joel Coen and production designer Stefan Dechant were influenced by German Expressionism for their Shakespeare adaptation, The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Alec Baldwin to Face Involuntary Manslaughter Charges; Sundance Begins
October 22, 2021
A tragic incident on a film set involving a prop gun and star Alec Baldwin; A look inside the production…
Wes Anderson the french dispatch adam stockhausen
October 22, 2021
When designing The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson and production designer Adam Stockhausen dug into photo archives and emailed each other…
Dune Patrice Vermette Denis Villeneuve
October 21, 2021
Dune production designer Patrice Vermette teams up again with director Denis Villeneuve, to create the sci-fi epic's expansive juxtaposed worlds.
Amanda Seyfriend Mank
May 22, 2021
For the second consecutive year, a Netflix film was the most nominated at the Oscars. But this year, Mank won't…
Joker Production Design Mark Friedberg
February 13, 2020
"Joker is set in a decaying city with high crime, crumbling poorer neighborhoods, and trash piled high," says Joker production…
April 11, 2017
Production design is not about building a real place. It’s about designing and building an idea, using set building, styling…
December 23, 2016
Director Darren Lynn Bousman narrates two scenes from his time-hopping horror-noir, Abattoir, featuring Jessica Lowndes, Lin Shaye and Dayton Callie.
May 20, 2016
Back in the fall of 2010, we began production on a black and white film noir comedy feature that would…
December 2, 2015
Designing Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth required, as all independent films do, a great deal of flexibility. We were up against all…
July 8, 2015
"Big Boy" director Bryan Campbell and production designer Kristen Bonnalie explain how they created the most disgusting bathroom on film…
August 14, 2013
The visionary Julie Taymor gave us a few pieces of advice with that characteristic Taymor flourish.
March 4, 2013
Every month, Interiors Journal dissects the floorplan of a film set to investigate the relationship between space and action. This
January 10, 2012
Explore how Mark Friedberg imagined and created the environments where the characters live and interact in Julie Taymor's The Tempest