ABSTRACT

Whether you'd like to be an art director or already are one, this book contains valuable solutions that will help you get ahead. This comprehensive, thorough professional manual details the set-up of the art department and the day-to-day job duties: scouting for locations, research, executing the design concept, constructing scenery, and surviving production. You will not only learn how to do the job, but how to succeed and secure future jobs. Rounding out the text is an extensive collection of useful forms and checklists, along with interviews with prominent art directors, relevant real-life anecdotes, and blueprints, sketches, photographs, and stills from Hollywood sets.

part |2 pages

Section I: Pre-Production Process

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|44 pages

The Design Process

chapter 4|32 pages

A Legacy of Historical Techniques

chapter 5|18 pages

CGI and Digital Filmmaking

chapter 6|32 pages

The Physical Scenery Process: Construction

chapter 7|18 pages

Mechanical Effects: A Practical Guide

part |2 pages

Section II: Production and Post-Production Processes

chapter 8|22 pages

Paperwork and Production Tasks

chapter 9|14 pages

Networking and Self-Promotion

chapter 10|14 pages

Non-Union vs. Union Status

part |2 pages

Section III: Appendices

chapter |30 pages

A. Reference and Source Lists

chapter |6 pages

B. Contracts

chapter C|8 pages

C. Forms

chapter |10 pages

D. Production Lists

chapter |10 pages

E. Figure and Table List

chapter |18 pages

F. Glossary