Production Designers are responsible for the visual aesthetic
and concept of a film, television or theatre production. For a Production
Designer, every production will simply start off as an idea, which will then
need to be transformed into either a quick sketch or a highly detailed drawing.
This sketch or drawing is the first step in the visual communication between
not only the Production Designer, Director and Producer but with the whole
creative team and most importantly the audience.
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| Eve Stewart's concept design for Les Miserables - Factory Scene |
Various styles of expressing concept ideas will vary with
Production Designer, some may create quick, fluid pencil sketches, and others
will produce a neater, technical drawing. Furthermore, depending on the
Production Designer, some feel the importance of producing scale card models alongside
their conceptual drawings.
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| Eve Stewart's concept design for Upstairs and Downstairs |
Notable production designer, Eve Stewart,who has worked on
the likes of The Kings Speech, Vera Drake and Les Misérables comments how
drawing is a very important tool for presenting your ideas to directors and
producers, who usually prefer detailed visual communication rather than
technical plans. In an interview she
comments
“Not many designers draw anymore and I think it’s really,
really important because you can talk about a certain chair until the cows come
home but unless you can draw it and draw it quickly you’re not going to get
your own way.”
Here she stresses the fact that drawing or even sketching
can be a vital skill to possess for a production designer, or any designer for
that matter. What is more, being able to express your ideas in an effective and
efficient matter can sometimes be a make or break situation for the design.
Stewart creates her designs/sketches to be highly detailed, coloured and
textured, allowing for her full conceptual design to flow through her drawings,
which also makes it easier for the director and producer to visualise.
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| Eve Stewart's concept design for Les Miserables - Elephant |
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