All posts tagged "production design"
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Production Design Case Studies: Arad Sawat on Designing Norman and A Tale of Love and Darkness
Production design is not about building a real place. It’s about designing and building an idea, a unique point of view, using... -
Frame of Mind: Darren Lynn Bousman Takes You Behind the Scenes of Abattoir (Video)
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film’s cast and crew? Or does the... -
Film Me, Cheaply; Kill Me, Deadly: How I Made a Low-Budget 1940s-Style Film Noir
How do you shoot a realistic-looking 1940s-period film noir on a low budget? Back in the fall of 2010, we began production... -
A Set Fit For a King: Nine Production Design Tips from Macbeth Show that Economical Can Also Mean Beautiful
“Limitations should be viewed with an eye for opportunity.” I was taught that early in my career. Of course, it was those... -
Manufacturing Filth: How Smart Production Design Got “Big Boy” into Tribeca
Director Bryan Campbell and production designer Kristen Bonnalie, of the Tribeca-premiering short “Big Boy,” explain how they created the most disgusting onscreen... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Julie Taymor
The young Taymor started her career on the Awaji Island, Japan, studying pre-Bunraku puppetry to learn more about experimental theater. The versatile... -
Interiors Journal: Haneke’s Amour
Every month, Interiors Journal dissects the floorplan of a film set to investigate the relationship between space and action. This month they’re... -
Dressing Up Shakespeare: Mark Friedberg Designs The Tempest
Mark Friedberg has a knack for creating worlds. As a production designer, it is his responsibility to imagine and create the environments...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Matt Dillon
The longevity of Matt Dillon’s laudable career is a byproduct of his self-reinvention. Oscillating between charismatic leading and comedic supporting roles, the New York-based actor has...Inside the Issue: Directing
MovieMaker Melee: 1985 and Tyrel Writer-Directors Yen Tan and Sebastián Silva Debate Their Processes’ Pros and Cons
To ring in the first installment of our new MovieMaker Melee debate series, we invited two indie moviemakers with films releasing this fall—Tyrel writer-director Sebastián Silva and...Inside the Issue: How To
Inside the Creative Process: Karyn Kusama Walks Through Five Phases of Production, From Screenwriting to Distribution
Guest Moviemaker Karyn Kusama has been through a lot in her career. Kusama broke out in 2000 with her debut feature Girlfight, which earned the Grand...