podcast notes and questions


What does the role of production designer entail?
-Responsible for the overall look of the productions, design feel and atmosphere of the set. They create the design of the sets and the locations.

During production, which other members of the production and which other areas of the production does the production designer co-ordinate with?
-The directors and product designer discuss the feel of the production and weather they will use locations or if they would need to build sets.
-They also use set designers are the ones that actually design the sets if they need to create sets. They are part of the product design team.
-Discussions with costume design, lighting teams (DOP), so that they can work together in order to achieve a common theme.
-Work with the script so that they can plan out the look they want for the TV drama or for a film.
-For example with the BBC drama Wolf Hall the director didn't want a cathedral look for the drama, he wanted a more real life look, wanted to use actual locations.

What issues with locations can occur during the production of a TV drama?
-Certain locations are now large tourist locations meaning it is much more difficult to film and much more expensive if the have to rent out or get permits to film in the location.
-Allowing the public to use the location
-Weren't allowed to more certain things as they may have been maybe to old or delicate so they would have create sets, cover up or build on top of those things.

What skills, education and experience is it beneficial for a production designer to have?
-Went to Glasgow art school, got a job at the BBC (started set design,drafting at the BBC) the drafting at the BBC gave her the experience. She then worked as a stand by director.

During the production process itself, where are the working locations that a production designer tends to work and how do these relate to the actual filming of the TV drama?

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  1. JCoSS Media Dept14 December 2017 at 12:13

    Can you add a link to the podcast on here please?

    Also, answer the following questions...

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