Production Design for Screen: Visual Storytelling in Film and Television (Required Reading Range) - Softcover

Barnwell, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472580672 ISBN 13: 9781472580672

Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2017

Synopsis

Packed with colour film stills, exclusive pre-production artwork and behind-the-scenes production images, this landmark book celebrates the production designer’s contribution to visual storytelling on screen. It illuminates the visual concepts behind familiar screen spaces and unpicks how and why they are so effective in conveying character and story.

Seven case studies, developed from exclusive interviews with world-renowned designers, reveal the concepts behind some of the most engaging imagery on screen and establish a dialogue around the shared language of visual storytelling.

Jane Barnwell offers a new methodology for evaluating the designer's work on screen through five categories of analysis: space, interiors and exteriors, light, colour and set decorating. All of which combine to create the visual concept evident in the final screen image and together provide a model for the analysis of production design.

Practical exercises and examples of real world projects walk you through the design process from breaking down the script and developing initial ideas to identifying a coherent conceptual vision. If you are a filmmaker, Production Design for Screen will inspire and guide you in your own work.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Barnwell is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Media Practice at University of Westminster, UK – where she teaches practice and theory. Graduating from Leeds University and the Northern School of Film & Television she began her career at the BBC, before working as a freelance production designer. Recent production design projects include the British feature Axed (2012, R Driscoll, Lionsgate).

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472580672
• ISBN 13: 9781472580672
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224