1. Introduction to Film
Art Direction

2. Art Direction Visual Elements of Film Production Set Design
Construction
Location
Décor
Props
Costumes

3. Set Design 2 Dimensions 3 Dimensions CGI
Painted back drops, similar to theater
3 Dimensions
Constructing buildings with three to four walls and a partial ceiling
CGI
Digitally created environments

4. 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

5. Architectural Elements
Giotto
Annunciation to Anna

6. Architectural Elements
Jan Vermeer
The Music Lesson , Oil on canvas

7. Setting the Stage Set Decoration Props (Property) Décor
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

8. Clip 1 Moulin Rouge Scene
Opening sequence
Academy Award winner for Art Direction in 2001

9. Moulin Rouge

10. Clip 2 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Scene
Fight at Yu’s
Academy Award winner for Art Direction in 2000

11. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

12. Clip 3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Scene
Diagon Alley
Nominated for Academy Award in Art Direction in 2001

13. Harry Potter

15. The Name of the Rose

16. 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.

17. 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.