Production Design - Architects of the Screen (Short Cuts)

Barnwell, Jane

ISBN 10: 1903364558 / ISBN 13: 9781903364550

Published by Wallflower Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Production Design - Architects of the Screen (Short Cuts)
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903364558
• ISBN 13: 9781903364550
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1774869812.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 39422829
• Signed: 3/30/2026 11:23:32 AM
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jane Barnwell is lecturer in film and television at London Guildhall University and an experienced film, theatre and television production designer.