Production Design 3
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 203SFMA3 | exam | 10 | 8 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 178 to 228 hours of self-study | English | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Radmila IBLOVÁ, Jindřich KOČÍ, Ondřej NEKVASIL
Department
Předmět zajišťuje Department of Stage Design
Contents
The student develops a script or short story corresponding in its extent to a feature film. From the given text, he/she then elaborates in more detail on the sequences that require the use of virtual scenery. The work is presented through a collection of colour-perceptually designs, which are accompanied by basic floor plans and sections of key scenery at the appropriate scale. The student analyses the dramatic text and then creates a dramatic space based on the text. The student is introduced to the artistic resources available to him/her as a film set designer and learns to use them to create space for a dramatic situation. He or she works with visual references and focuses on the overall feel of the film frame. The presentation is structured to best communicate with the other members of the film crew, from the creative to the complete technical.
Learning outcomes
- Introducing the student to the issue of exterior construction in film set design.
- Solution of exterior film scenery according to the given text, working with the space of a real location, connection with the existing location of the location, color, light, props, and technical solution of exterior scenery.
- Complex design of exterior decoration according to the film script, which solves the assignment from all aspects not only artistic but also technical and production.
Prerequisites and other requirements
No requirements.
Literature
What an Art Director Does, Ward Preston, Silman-James Press 1994, Los Angeles, USA
The Filmmaker's Guide to Production Design, Vincent LoBrutto, Allworth Press 2002, New York, USA
The Art Direction Handbook For Film, Michael Rizzo, Focal Press 2005, USA
The Art of Illusion, Production design for Film and Television, Terry Ackland-Snow, Wendy Laybourn, The Crowwood Press, Ramsbury, Marlborough 2017, UK
Production Design for Screen, Visual Storytelling in Film and Television, Jane Barnwell,
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London 2017, UK
Designing for the Screen, Production Design and Art Direction explained, Georgina Shorter,
The Crowwood Press, Ramsbury, Marlborough 2012, UK
Film Design, compiled by Terence St. John Marner in collaboration with Michael Stringer, The Tantivy Press London, 1974, UK
Understanding Design in Film Production, Barbara Freedmand Doyle, Routledge, Taylor&Francis Group 2019, USA
Production design, visual design for film and television, Peg McClellan, Routledge, Taylor&Francis
Group 2020, USA&UK
Directing the Story, Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation, Francis Glebas, Focal Press 2009, USA +UK
The Art of Movie Storyboards, Fionnuala Halligan, Ilex, London 2015, UK
The Invisible Art, The Legends of Movie Matte Painting, Mark Cotta Vaz & Craig Barron, Chronicle Books LLC San Francisco 2004, USA
Lighting for Cinematography, David Landau, Bloomsbury Academic 2014, USA
Visual Storytelling, Morgan Sandler, Michael Wiese Productions 2018, USA
Evaluation methods and criteria
The result of the semester's work is a final project. The scope of the submitted project is set at the beginning of the semester, the completion of the scope of the work in terms of quantity is an essential item in the evaluation of the student. If the entire scope of the assignment is not developed, that is, both the artistic and technical parts, the project is evaluated as insufficient. The quality of the work produced is the item that affects the grading. Student activity during the semester is an additional component of the evaluation. During the semester, the student works on several sub-assignments, the completion of which is an integral part of the student's evaluation.
Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Scenography - Production Design in EN (M.A.) (Required main subjects)