Production Design 4

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Subject guarantor

Ondřej NEKVASIL

Name of lecturer(s)

Radmila IBLOVÁ, Jindřich KOČÍ, Ondřej NEKVASIL

Department

The subject provides Department of Stage Design

Contents

The student develops a script or a longer short story or novella corresponding in scope to a feature film. The assignment aims to create a complex artistic solution for the feature film. The work is presented through a collection of colorful perceptual designs, which are accompanied by basic floor plans and sections of key set pieces at an appropriate scale. In specific cases, the work may be accompanied by a physical model. The student analyses the dramatic text and then uses this as a basis for creating an artistic concept for the film. He/she works with visual references and concentrates on capturing the overall visual character of the film. The presentation is designed to best communicate with other members of the film crew, from creative to fully technical professionals.

Learning outcomes

1. To acquaint the student with the issue of film stylization, the difference in perception of film and theatre stylization.
2. Solution of a stylized film set, according to the text, working with space, connection with the real location, color, light, and props.
3. Complex design of a stylized film story, 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)