Production Design for Film and Drama Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Production Designers are the inventors of worlds depicted in films or drama series. This course is an introduction to the highly creative role of the Production Designer on a film and the various skills they draw upon when designing film or drama sets.
This part seminar, part practical course will show what makes good production design and show how a Production Designer sets off creating the world illusion on screen from a script. The students will experience how a Production Designer starts designing a film set from where ever the script leads, creating mood boards, drawing concept visuals and draughting scale plans.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for beginners and is particularly aimed at young designers who are interested in getting into the film industry.
Key information
Topics covered
- What makes good production design and film design
- The multi-skills of a production designer
- The Art Department and the various jobs within it
- How to work from a film or drama script
- Introduction to mood boards, simple set plan draughting to scale and drawing set visuals
- Further training
Learning outcomes
- Achieve a better understanding of the job of a film or TV drama series designer
- Gain a deep understanding of the work of a production designer
- Learn how a Film Art Department works
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance.
Materials
- Pencils, rubbers sharpeners
- Notepad
- Laptop
- Tape measure
- Pens to draw with
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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