Category: Design Talks

Forrest Gump Production Designer Rick Carter Breaks Down Famous Lt. Dan Scene | Design Talks
Forrest Gump Production Designer Rick Carter breaks down Forrest, Bubba, and the audience’s introduction to Lieutenant Dan for the first time.

The 2019 BAFTA Production Design Panel Featuring BAFTA Nominees | Design Talks
Watch the BAFTA-nominated Production Designers participate in this BAFTA production design panel discussing their work on the nominated films: Roma, Mary Poppins Returns, The Favourite, and First Man.

Set Decorators George DeTitta, Regina Graves, and David Schlesinger Discuss Set Decoration
In this video, Set Decorators George DeTitta, (Birdman), Regina Graves, (The Knick), and David Schlesinger, (Annie), discuss their creative process.

DESIGN TALKS: Black Panther Production Designer Hannah Beachler on Inclusive Design
Watch this recent design talk with Black Panther production designer Hannah Beachler and host John Maeda as they discuss the need for inclusion in design and how that affects storytelling.

DESIGN TALKS: The 2018 BAFTA Production Design Panel Featuring the BAFTA Nominees
Watch the BAFTA-nominated Production Designers participate in this BAFTA production design panel discussing their work on the nominated films: The Shape of Water, Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, Darkest Hour, and Beauty and the Beast.

The 2018 ADG Oscars Production Design Panel
The Oscar-nominated Production Designers and Set Decorators from Beauty and the Beast, Blade Runner 2049, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk and The Shape of Water discussed their craft today at the 12th Annual Art of Production …

DESIGN TALKS: 5 Things I Learned from ‘IT’ Production Designer Claude Paré
The Directors Guild of Canada brought Claude Paré, production designer of ‘Night at the Museum’, ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’, and ‘IT’ to discuss his vast and varied career with an audience of DGC Ontario members. Here’s what I learned.

DESIGN TALKS: Perspectives on Production Design with Sir Christopher Frayling
Watch this video that lays out essential perspectives on production design theory in this keynote address by professor Sir Christopher Frayling.

DESIGN TALKS: 5 Things I Learned from ‘Star Wars’ Production Designer Rick Carter
Check out this talk with production designer Rick Carter as he discusses the craft of production design amongst his colleagues at the Art Directors Guild in Los Angeles. Rick Carter has designed such films as Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her and the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The Art of Reality Show Production Design with Production Designer John Janavs
This year, Orange County’s Saddleback College invited guest speaker Production Designer John Janavs, to speak about the art of reality television production design to a group of students. They were kind enough …