What is a production designer? A production designer is a department head. Now it’s time to take those sketches and turn them into actual reality. You will be responsible for producing reams and reams of sketches until a “look” that everyone can agree is finally discovered. Once that visual look has been agreed and decided upon, however, everyone will be turning to you to put that vision to paper. Everyone will have opinions on this matter, and they might not necessarily agree. The goal of these meetings is to translate the director’s stated vision into the visual look of the film. Pre-Productionīefore the production designer hires a single other member of the art department, they meet with the director, cinematographer, and other major department heads in multiple pre-production meetings. Sometimes the art director works for the production designer.īut if you want to sit in their chair, you really need to understand the production designer and the art director’s job description. Sometimes they’re called the art director. The person who decides the look of the film, who approves (or rejects) your designs. If you’re already working in the art department, you may think you already know the answer to that question. Learn more about how production designers do their magic, and how you to can build worlds. Period perfect Victorian London.Ī far off land of dragons and wizards, or a modern day Los Angeles where people spontaneously break into song. Without the production designer, actors would not have worlds to inhabit.Ī future that looks disturbingly close to our own.

Film production designer jobs