Film Art Department Skills Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Developing film art department skills is essential for anyone interested in pursuing a career in the film industry. The Film Art Department Skills short course will cover those key skills needed including script breakdowns, location plan measuring, simple graphics, white card models, career progression, how to find work and who does what during filming.
Who this course is for
The course is aimed at those that would like to start a career working in the art departments in film and drama and who see themselves as working towards positions as Assistant Art Directors, Art Directors, Standby Art Directors, Set Dressers, Set Decorators, Production Designers or Set Designers (this course is not suited for those wishing to follow careers as costume designers or makeup designers).
This course is suitable for anyone with an art and design background (students/graduates in architecture, interior design, fine art, theatre design, graphic design, furniture design, sculpture, film, spatial design and games design).
Key information
Topics covered
- Film and drama script breakdown from an art department point of view
- An introduction to architectural scale, set construction drawings, location measuring and site plan scale drawing
- An introduction to simple graphics used on film sets
- Whitecard scale model makings
- Career progression and the structure of film and drama art departments
- How to find work and how to start your career
- How the art department interacts with other departments on a film
Learning outcomes
- Familiarity with how the Art Department works on a film set
- An introduction to architectural scale, set construction drawings, location measuring and site plan scale drawing
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
- 1:50mm ruler
- Tape measure
- HB pencils
- Notebook
- Cutting board
- Pens
- Paper
- Set square
Tutor
Clara Zita
Clara Zita is a BBC trained Production Designer with over 20 years experience working in Film and Television. She has worked on a large variety of productions and for a time was Head of Design at ITV daytime. Clara has helped start the careers of many young professionals who attended her 'Set Design for Film and Television' short course at Central Saint Martins and who now are working in the industry. Some of her work can be seen on IMDBBook a course
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