Introduction to FilmArt Direction

Art DirectionVisual Elements of Film Production Set Design Construction Location Décor Props Costumes

Set Design 2 Dimensions

Painted back drops, similar to theater 3 Dimensions

Constructing buildings with three to four walls and a partial ceiling

CGI Digitally created environments

Architectural Elements Perspective

The way things look from a given point according to their size, shape, distance, etc.

Scale The apparent size of a represented

object in proportion to the actual size of that object

Volume The amount of space inside something

Architectural Elements

GiottoAnnunciation to Anna

Architectural Elements

Jan VermeerThe Music Lesson 1662-65, Oil on canvas

Setting the Stage Set Decoration

Props (Property) Object used by an actor or displayed as

part of a set Décor

Style or mode of decoration, as of a room or building

Furnishings We learn about characters based on

their environment

Clip 1 Moulin Rouge Scene

Opening sequence Academy Award

winner for Art Direction in 2001

Moulin Rouge

Clip 2 Crouching Tiger,

Hidden Dragon Scene

Fight at Yu’s Academy Award

winner for Art Direction in 2000

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Clip 3 Harry Potter and the

Sorcerer’s Stone Scene

Diagon Alley Nominated for

Academy Award in Art Direction in 2001

Harry Potter

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose is a 14th century murder-mystery thriller starring Sean Connery as a Sherlock Holmes-esque Franciscan monk called William of Baskerville. When a murder occurs at a secluded Benedictine Abbey, William is called in to investigate. As he and his apprentice, Adso (Christian Slater), delve deeper and deeper into the case, more dead bodies begin to turn up. Eventually, Bernardo Gui, an inquisitor played by F. Murray Abraham gets involved, but he may not have the best intentions.

The Name of the Rose External set was the

largest in Europe since Cleopatra in 1963.

Internal sets constructed to mimic medieval church architecture or filmed at real monasteries.