What Does A Production Designer Do?

"I think of myself as the hand of the director. My real job is to understand how the director reads the script, and what he/she sees and wants to visually accomplish."

Top industry production designers including David Gropman (Life of Pi), Barbara Munch-Cameron (Behind the Candelabra), John Stevenson (Burton and Taylor) discuss their craft and profession for BAFTA Guru.

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[capowable]

This video is great. Got stuck with production design when the other students fought over director and dop roles. Best thing to happen to me.

[KayGee_yt]

I'm being considered for a production designer position (I really don't think I'm qualified but I'll let them do what they want 😌). It's exciting!

[berner]

I'm looking more for what the actual job entails. I don't want to know "A day in the life of a Production Designer" is like. What are the responsibilities?

[palmlenge]

using this video in my reflective essay

[gabrielas]

thank you so much for this! loved the video and definitely helped

[cceste]

Let me focus on that they are saying, the camera keeps on looking into lights and doing sweeping shots that are distracting, at least to me ;p I wanna hear what they have to say, I dont care if the shots look dope <3

[stoneheart]

I wish to know how the production designer should work hand in globes with the Director because there might be an instance where both won't agree with that of the other person....

[sfirth]

Dear BAFTA I want to share this with my film students but David Copman only refers to directors as "he" which doesn't really encourage half of my students!

[willardenjoyer]

nobody asked but damn john stevenson is so hot

[abrahammunoz]

I need some fucking headphones to listen to this

[YES_YES_NO_YES]

THEY BUILD SETS. I wdnt hire any of these people for anything.

[YES_YES_NO_YES]

gropman is too inarticulate to do anything. I've never seen him before but I know I hated Life of Pi. none of these people are capable of describing their jobs.