THE LANGUAGE OF VISUALS
THE BUSINESS OF PRODUCTION DESIGN
PRE-PRODUCTION
PITCHING/PRESENTING
DRAWING FOR FILM
THE MAGICAL ART DEPARTMENT
STUDIOS, STAGES AND SET CONSTRUCTION
BACKINGS
GRAPHICS/SIGNAGE
PROPS
SET DECORATING DEPARTMENT
LIGHTING/CINEMATOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
WARDROBE
MAKE-UP/ SPECIALTY CHARACTER DESIGN/CREATURES
SHOOTING SCHEDULE
PRODUCTION MEETING
CHANGES
STUDIO FACILITIES
BACKLOTS
STRIKE
NETWORKING
FAQ’S
RESOURCES
CREDITS
Biography
Peg McClellan is an Emmy Award-winning Illustrator and Production Designer; she has worked on feature films such as Seabiscuit, Brokedown Palace, and Coal Miner’s Daughter, plus several television series, including Melrose Place and CSI. She is an instructor in Production Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and also teaches a course in Visual Design for Film at Dodge Film School, Chapman University, Orange, California.
"Even the top film schools won’t give you the tools of the Production Design trade the way that this in-depth, step-by-step ‘bible' will. From ‘The Look’ to the ‘The Wrap,’ allow a working production designer to be your guide, as you gain insider knowledge usually only earned from years on the set. You’ll carry this book with you from school throughout your career."
Ellen M. Harrington, Director, Deutsches Filmmuseum and Filminstitut and Former Director of Exhibitions and Collections, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
