Production Design — Filmmaking Techniques for Directors: Ep2

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One of the most important ways to communicate a films mood, characters, and theme is through production design. Great production design elevates the entire story, and helps visionary directors impart their signature style.

In this video essay, the second in our visual storytelling series, we break down production design. What is production design, how do the great filmmakers and visual storytellers employ it, and how can you use it to bring your vision to life using our free production design worksheet.

What are you waiting for? Watch the video, and master the art of production design! Then subscribe to our channel of course because we’ve got a host of other goodies coming in the rest of our visual storytelling series!

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I can’t tell you how often I’m impressed with the production design of Stranger Things. Someone has been doing their homework.

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[Raindance]

Production design is extremely important! Don't forget that, filmmakers :)
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[MOLLYculesLife]

really helpful!! I'm assigned to prod design for our school film project and good thing I was able to watch this video and had a glimpse on what its like to be a prod. designer, thank you!

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[Universalwindowsdirect]

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[talmunson]

I would love to see a video about the grip and electric departments

[AllThingsFilm]

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[MarhainEntertainment]

Great video. We learned a lot from this video and it helped a lot in production designing for our films. Thanks !

[imanilabonte-adams]

This is the career I aspire to be in after I graduate, but I have yet to decided on a school program. I was considering interior design but wasnt too sure how useful it is for production design, any advice, or other program suggestions will be much appreciated!

[tionethefilmguy]

Great way of perspective with putting things in perspective with overall psychological aspect set design wardrobe everything great...

[SecretFoliage]

I remember watching that Wes Anderson scene and I literally had to pause it because my hands were shaking; I did empathize too much with the character that I still think about it.

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[YusufRachFreeFootage]

Production design is extremely underrated, altho its so important.

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[chrissystewart]

I need to learn this because my long term goal having my own film company & I want to do something for my community. Tyler Perry have his own studio, I have an mine of my own so Film Production is interesting