Production Design: Architects of the Screen explores the role of the production designer through a historical overview that maps out landmark film and television designs. From the familiar environs of television soap operas to the elaborate and disorientating Velvet Goldmine. Jane Barnwell considers how themes. motifs and colours offer clues to unravel plot. character and underlying concepts. In addressing the importance of physical space in film and TV, the book investigates questions of authenticity in detail. props. colours and materials. The design codes of period drama. more playful representations of the past and distinctive contemporary looks are discussed through the use of key examples ranging from musicals of the 1930s to cult films of the 1990s. The book also includes interviews with leading production designers and studies of Trainspotting, The English Patient and Caravaggio.
By:
Jane Barnwell Imprint: Wallflower Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 220mm,
Width: 139mm,
Spine: 9mm
Weight: 198g ISBN:9781903364550 ISBN 10: 1903364558 Series:Shortcuts Pages: 144 Publication Date:25 March 2004 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Jane Barnwell is Lecturer in Film and Television at London Guildhall University.