'Createascene' Art Direction & Production Design for Film

Name: 'Createascene' Art Direction & Production Design for Film
Rating: 4.5 (75 reviews)

Everything you need to know about the art department in professional Film and television.

Created byBruce Hill

Last updated 4/2024

English

What you'll learn

A practical introduction to Production Design and Art Direction in the Film Industry
Design professional sets for a commercial or short film production.
Select the right location and measure it up and visualise with confidence.
Art department budgeting and scheduling advice for all sized films.
Storyboards sketching, and visuals overview.
Props, sourcing, selection and handling.
Practical techniques for set building and making the right studio choice.

Course content

1 section • 11 lectures • 2h 35m total length

Introducing Art Direction and Production Design for short films and commercials.7:29
An introduction to the world of production design for film and TV.
All about the location Recce15:56
Storyboards, sketching and visuals11:59
How and why sets are built plus looking into studios and their selection13:35
Preparation and budgeting17:07
Every Job Starts with a budget and this lecture describes the process of creating a budget from scratch. Also now available is a (low) budget template to create your own for free.
Advanced budgeting for use with a construction team.7:30
All about Props and Prop handling20:47
Everything from how to source props to tips on dressing your set and who should be doing what on a professional film set.
Set Fundamentals 012:54
A few useful tips when creating your designs.
Software Advice17:37
A look at why we find software helpful and what we do with it.
Perspective in scenery, when and how to use it.21:59
An introduction to Perspective showing examples of prepping, building and shooting in perspective. When and where it's best used.
Models and Modelmaking18:55
A detailed look at model-making, from maquttes to live action and 3D printed.

Requirements

Aptitude, a flare for design, basic drawing and common sense. Excel experience would help.
Determination, imagination and lateral thinking, willingness to succeed
Work to a directors brief

Description

This course takes you through all the steps of working in the art department on any professional film in a step by step easy to follow guide. Every section is covered using visual examples of actual jobs created from the initial script breakdowns to budgeting and scheduling for the crew. Detailed designs are analysed showing images from inception through to filming in useful but informative presentations. See how scripts are broken down and learn professional budgets stage by stage using the individual modules. Special extended sessions cover everything from prop sourcing and handling, set-building in studios, location filming, model-making and even designing using perspective to achieve distance. Scenic art and special effects are also discussed in these thorough workshops.

Bruce has designed a plethora of work from Michael Jackson's 'Billy Jean', Kate Bush's 'Cloudbuster' and Peter Gabriel's 'I Don't Remember' videos to numerous well known commercials, short films and features during his over thirty year career. His most recent feature is still awaiting release. He has done numerous lectures, written a book and experienced all art department positions in his rise to production design from painting the rocky landscape for the film "Alien' to sculpting foam monoliths for the recent Netflix 'Witcher' series.

Who this course is for:

For those on a journey to a professional film-making career.
Aspiring art directors and production designers.
Those wishing to understand more about the film industry art departments.