Art Direction for Film and Video Read online

  Model making 95

  materials 95

  showing the model 98

  types of models 95

  Movies, early 4

  difficulties with weather 5

  glass-roofed stages 5

  moves to south and west 5

  need for set designers 5

  outdoor filming 5

  production centers 5

  N

  News broadcasting 117

  the art director’s role 118

  chromakey process 121

  a production meeting 118

  P

  Paint department 4

  Paint frame 27

  Paper for drafting 75

  Pattern, choosing wallpaper 18

  Pencils 68, 76, 77

  for drafting 76

  for sketching 68

  lead hardness 77

  Perspective sketching 69

  Platforms 25

  for seating 113

  lighting use 20

  Polglase, Van Nest 7

  RKO supervising art director 7

  Portfolio presentation 134

  Producer, job requirements 51

  Production designer 3–4

  agreements with producers 52

  how to find 51

  job desription 3

  range of knowledge 11–12

  title origination 4

  Production environment 18

  cyclorama 21

  lighting grid 20

  lighting pipes 20

  lighting platforms 20

  soundproofing 20

  stage floor 21

  Projection, rear 32

  Prop master 101

  R

  Rear projection advantages 32

  Research 4

  how to use materials 61

  methods 59

  organizing materials 61

  for talk show set 113

  Résumé preparation 134

  S

  Scenic artists 27

  Scrim to hide cameras 113

  Script 4, 53

  Script analysis 57

  Selznick, David 3

  Set decoration 101

  keeping records 102

  property rental 101

  the process 109

  Set designer 4, 13

  Sizing of sets 21

  Sketch artists 12

  Sketches 4

  presentation 73

  Special effects

  blue and green screen 34

  computer compositing 34

  as cost-effective solution 29

  front projection 34

  glass shots 31

  in-camera 29

  laboratory 32

  matte painting 31

  miniatures 31

  minitures, hanging 31

  modern 34

  optical printer 32

  overcranking 30

  puppets 34

  rear projection 32

  as safety consideration 29

  single-frame exposure 30

  single-frame photography 30

  undercranking 30

  Stage floor in drawings 88

  Stage setup supervision 99

  the critique 102

  Standing sets 6

  T

  T-square 77

  Talk show 111

  production meeting 111

  staging of 111

  Televison 8

  changes the film business 8

  Theater set designers 7

  sets used in early movies 5

  Tracing paper for sketches 67

  Triangles 79

  2001: A Space Odyssey 34

  U

  Unit production manager 4

  V

  Van Vliet, John 34

  Vegetation 64

  Video

  high-definition 9

  picture tube 18

  Video recording 8

  kinescope method 8

  Video system

  American 17

  European 17

  improved technology 9

  picture path 18

  Videotape recording

  changed television production 8

  Virtual reality 9

  Visualizers 12

  W

  Wallpaper 3

  samples 18

  Winton, Walter 6–7

  Work area, for drawing 80

  Work opportunities 133

  colleges and universities 133

  corporate video 136

  display 134

  independent producers 135

  interviewing 137

  local television 135

  motion pictures 136

  network television 135

  nonunion productions 136

  photography 134

  public access cable 134

  Color Plate 1

  Color Plate 2

  Color Plate 3

  Color Plate 4