The Basics
3 roles you would find in the production design department
Possible Answers:
- Illustrators
- Location scouters
- Props master
- Set builder/designer
Responsible for researching, acquiring, and organizing props
Property (props) master
To make this fictional pink dreamland seem bigger, Production Designer Sarah Greenwood made the houses smaller by 23%
Barbie (2023)
Other department often confused with the PD department
Art Department
Responsible for designing and constructing where films shoot
Set designer
Adam Stockhausen worked closely with this whimsical director to make many miniatures and stop-motion sequences in this (live-action) film about a hotel.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A tool that production designers often use to conceptualize
Moodboard
This role creates the color, texture, and mood of a film through ____
Light
Production designer Colin Gibson made 150 unique vehicles out of recycled parts on this post-apocalyptic action film.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Which of the following is in the PD department?
a) Makeup Artist
b) Casting Director
c) Concept Artist
d) Location Scout
c) Concept Artist
Creates a visual blueprint for a film through artwork
Concept artist
Production designer Rick Carter deliberately chose concrete when designing the "prison-like" set for this 1993 sci-fi blockbuster.
Jurassic Park