Jørgen Stangebye Larsen, Oslo, August 31st’s production designer, discusses crafting a geographically realistic portrait of the city.
Production Design
Suzie Davies and Stéphane Collonge masterclass: On Production design
In this session of Lockdown Film School, we present a production design masterclass with Suzie Davies and Stéphane Collonge.
Spatial relationships in the films of Joanna Hogg
In all of her films, Joanna Hogg uses spaces to structure her characters’ relationships, often finding them trapped by their own privilege and complacency in safe spaces; the characters need to step outside their comfort spaces to grow and develop. This essay appears in the new Seventh Row ebook Tour of Memories: The Creative Process […]
Production designer Suzie Davies on Mike Leigh and ‘actors surgeries’
Production designer Suzie Davies discusses how her production design plays into Mike Leigh’s rehearsal process with what she calls ‘actors surgeries.’
Interview: On Chesil Beach‘s sets destabilize its characters
On Chesil Beach production designer Suzie Davies discusses researching period, creating environments that contrast with the film’s characters, and how different her process is when working with Mike Leigh. Read the rest of our On Chesil Beach Special Issue here.
Interview: Colour reveals character in LOP‘s set design
Lean on Pete production designer Ryan Warren Smith discusses how he created rich, detailed environments that subtly reveal character. This is the third feature in our Special Issue on Lean on Pete.