Alien Nation 29
Architect’s scale 78
Architects 7
recruited as set designers 6
skills applied to movie sets 6
Art department coordinator 4
Art Directors
assist production designer 4
business sense 15
deal with politics 13
helpful personal qualities 14
in television 8
knowledge of lighting 14
need to know materials 14
range of knowledge 11
recruited 6
specialization 9
what they need to know 11
Aspect ratio
film camera 21
video camera 21
Available light postproduction 34
B
Baby Boom 12
Backings 26
day and night 27
in early movies 28
photographic film 27
process projection 28
rental of 27
sizes 27
Backlots 6
Battens 27
Blue and green screen 34
economics of 34
Blueprinting 92
Blues Brothers 2000 34
Buckland, Wilfred 7
Budget 4
C
Camera, pocket 12
Camera, video 21
Chairs 112
Chromakey process 121
Color 4
additive mixing 13
chips and sketches 13
choosing paint tones 18
choosing wallpaper 18
demands on art directors 9
exaggerated 17
individual taste 17
keyed to actors 12
plan for sketches 73
psychological effect 13
subtractive mixing 13
theory 13
Commercials 125
food stylist 127
labeling products 127
lighting 132
production personnel 126
sample script 128
sketches and plans 127
storyboards 126
Construction 99
getting bids 99
supervision of 99
detailing 89
Construction drawings
dimension lines 88
elevation views 83
labeling 89
numbering 89
plan view 82
title block 92
Construction shop estimates 72
Costs 72
preliminary estimates 72
Counterweights system 20
Craftsmanship 17
Cyclorama 21
D
DeMille, Cecil B 7
Digital editing 8
Directors
film methods 53
questions to ask 54
video methods 54
Disappearing Woman, The 30
Drafting 13
architecture and engineering 14
computer-aided (CAD) 80
done by set designers 13
Drafting machine 77
Drawing, as useful skill 12
Drawing, temporary 85
Drawing board 75
Dump tanks 6
E
Edison, Thomas 4
Erasers for drafting 77
F
Flamingo Kid 67
Flats 23
plant-on 90
softwall 23
softwall description 23
use of stock 92
G
Gibbons, Cedric 7
Ground surface treatment 65
H
Hansard Enterprises 32
Hansard, Bill 32
Home receiver adjustment 17
I
Illustrator 4
J
JFK 103
K
Keaton, Diane 12
King Kong 30
Kubrick, Stanley 34
L
L.A. Story 102
Lighting 14
backlight 44
bad method 45
fill light 44
for actors 43
for film 43
for video 43
good method 45
grid 20
instruments 44
key light 44
location 46
methods of hanging stage lights 20
Pipes 20
platforms 20
Lighting instrument controls 40
barndoors 40
color 41
flags 41
pattern 41
reflectors 41
silks 42
Lighting instruments 37
diffuse 37
directional 37
Lighting qualities
diffuse 37
directional 37
Location 103
alterations 108
crew 108
critique 110
distance factor 103
personal equipment 107
scouting 106
union rules 107
Lot system 6
convenience of 6
standing sets 6
M
for sketching 67
Méliés, George 29
Menzies, William Cameron 3–4, 7
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as film factory 6
Meyers/Shyer Company 3
Model making 95
materials 95
showing the model 98
types of models 95
Movies, early 4
difficulties with weather 5
glass-roofed stages 5
moves to south and west 5
need for set designers 5
outdoor filming 5
production centers 5
N
News broadcasting 117
the art director’s role 118
chromakey process 121
a production meeting 118
P
Paint department 4
Paint frame 27
Paper for drafting 75
Pattern, choosing wallpaper 18
for drafting 76
for sketching 68
lead hardness 77
Perspective sketching 69
Platforms 25
for seating 113
lighting use 20
Polglase, Van Nest 7
RKO supervising art director 7
Portfolio presentation 134
Producer, job requirements 51
agreements with producers 52
how to find 51
job desription 3
title origination 4
Production environment 18
cyclorama 21
lighting grid 20
lighting pipes 20
lighting platforms 20
soundproofing 20
stage floor 21
Projection, rear 32
Prop master 101
R
Rear projection advantages 32
Research 4
how to use materials 61
methods 59
organizing materials 61
for talk show set 113
Résumé preparation 134
S
Scenic artists 27
Scrim to hide cameras 113
Script analysis 57
Selznick, David 3
Set decoration 101
keeping records 102
property rental 101
the process 109
Sizing of sets 21
Sketch artists 12
Sketches 4
presentation 73
Special effects
blue and green screen 34
computer compositing 34
as cost-effective solution 29
front projection 34
glass shots 31
in-camera 29
laboratory 32
matte painting 31
miniatures 31
minitures, hanging 31
modern 34
optical printer 32
overcranking 30
puppets 34
rear projection 32
as safety consideration 29
single-frame exposure 30
single-frame photography 30
undercranking 30
Stage floor in drawings 88
Stage setup supervision 99
the critique 102
Standing sets 6
T
T-square 77
Talk show 111
production meeting 111
staging of 111
Televison 8
changes the film business 8
Theater set designers 7
sets used in early movies 5
Tracing paper for sketches 67
Triangles 79
2001: A Space Odyssey 34
U
Unit production manager 4
V
Van Vliet, John 34
Vegetation 64
Video
high-definition 9
picture tube 18
Video recording 8
kinescope method 8
Video system
American 17
European 17
improved technology 9
picture path 18
Videotape recording
changed television production 8
Virtual reality 9
Visualizers 12
W
Wallpaper 3
samples 18
Work area, for drawing 80
Work opportunities 133
colleges and universities 133
corporate video 136
display 134
independent producers 135
interviewing 137
local television 135
motion pictures 136
network television 135
nonunion productions 136
photography 134
public access cable 134