How Hollywood Creates Immersive Worlds | Production Design Explained

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Guy Hendrix Dyas, the acclaimed production designer for Inception, Steve Jobs, and Elizabeth: The Golden Age, breaks down the fundamentals of production design and shows you how to communicate your visual ideas on set.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - What is a Production Designer?
1:45 - What is your process?
2:22 - Scene #1 Steve Jobs
6:44 - Scene #2 Elizabeth: The Golden Age
12:30 - Scene #3 Inception
16:44 - What don’t people realize about Production Design?

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[smepable]

Insane. Production Design is really the field where I feel that even the most experienced professionals are challenged with unprecedented requirements and have to try things no one ever tried before. Deepest Respect!

[AllThingsFilm]

Wow. I could listen to production designers talk about their work for hours on end. It's such a fascinating side of film making.

[LaneCarter]

One of the more fascinating episodes in my opinion. I love hearing from departments like this that don't normally get interviewed.

[imiy]

Finally not a DP interview! We need more of that.
Production design is what makes cinema. Thank you for this video!

[tomdchi]

I do love these interviews with "Hollywood" folks talking about their big budget projects. Keep doing them, but what about also doing similar interviews with their counterparts who are doing small budget projects? Production design is a great example where "indie" folks are creating amazing results on a much smaller scale and with smaller budgets. There's lots to learn from both these big show folks and from the indie folks.

[alex]

This is priceless. I wish this was an in-depth 1-hour thing but this format is still incredible.
Getting this kind of access and hanging out with veterans might actually be the spark for the next generation.

[yosr]

The boat story is mindblowing
It's so simple yet genius

[LuisFernandoImperator]

The only problem with this video is that it ends.

[glittermonster]

Yay!! I am a Production Designer and I was wondering when you guys were going to do a video about it! I'm so happy! Thank you!! PD doesn't get enough respect or credit!!!

[blackbird]

can we take a moment to appreciate the level of detail regarding the whole lantern part... "the lanterns were representing the lost souls of monks who had died in this temple" as a metaphor for how one gets lost in limbo after having spent too much time there... I mean.. come the f*** on!!!! It's 2020 and this movie still blows my mind.

[themeddler]

Among the list of unsung heroes in the film industry. What incredibly creative, hardworking people. I wish we saw more of their processes. Thank you so much for creating these videos, Indy Mogul!

[fusedart]

this is the free masterclass on art of set design in film.

[CliffGore]

this is freaking awesome! I am literally in a location scouting and art design class now and this is great seeing someone in the industry break it down visually and give their thought processes.

[improvementTime..]

5:10 set dressing = immersive yourself in ref/material of that time period for ideas
Not just wooden ships, but that era, to get ideas of what would be on wooden ships, etc

[cinnamon]

THIS IS FASCINATING


your videos are amazing, I love how you let your guests speak and breathe and show their knowledge, you don't talk over them or tell them things they already know, or ask questions we already know the answer to

[samcharo]

This should run for like an hour, what a gem, thanks Indy Mogul!!

[FullMoons]

I loved every single second of this video, he is absolutely incredible, a genius. His mind, the way he sees things and creates connections blew me away, I loved the Elizabeth & the map example, how he decided to transition that from a simple map on a table to a tile floor map and have her walk on it as she strategizes as well as the lanterns story for Inception. Just WOW!

[DanasAnis]

1. This is awesome! 2. These episodes can be 1 hour long and still it would feel so short. 3. Wish more of these mind of episodes! This is so fantastic! Absolutely amazing material!

[hawjtsim]

We need more of these production designer videos! So insightful!

[HeulwynRoberts]

LOVE this interview. It's so interesting getting the breakdown of the sets and the problem solving that goes into them. Could have watched this for hours.