The goal with these types of collaborations is to ensure that the larger, visual concept of the film is being translated into the set. During the schematic design phase of a project, a set designer could be working more closely with an art director, a production designer, or even a film producer. Set designers can work with a number of different people and trades during a film production. These types of plans contain very specific measurements and notations in order to ensure that the schematic concept translates into the physical set. These drawings are intended to be used by carpenters and craftsmen in order to physically build the movie set. The second function of a set designer is to create construction drawings. Specifically, whether certain sets are worth the expense of physically building versus trying to find existing locations to shoot on. They can also be used to help the production crew make larger stylistic and fiscal decisions about a film. These drawings are intended to show the overall visual concept for a movie set. The first one being conceptual or schematic designs for various sets. In my experience as a set designer, I have worked in two different capacities. The primary function of a professional set designer is generating various types of drawings in support of a larger film production. I feel like my story is a very typical film story: tough to break into, but when it happens, it's an awesome industry to work in.įor those not involved in the film industry, what does a set designer do? Finally, after a few years of working on various film and television shows, I was able to formally qualify to join the US-829 or the Scenic Designers Union. During that project, I met some of the crew members and they, in turn, called me to work on other film projects. I honestly jumped at the chance and we, in fact, did design some cool monster-bed thing. The only real compensation would be a film credit as a set designer. He knew that I designed buildings and asked if I would be interested in volunteering some time to help him draft a creature-bed prop for the movie. An old friend named, Kevin Lang was working as the production designer on a low budget indie horror film. I got started in the film industry in a sort of roundabout way. I own a traditional architecture firm (Fagan Design Build Studio) and a start-up company (PowerDocks) that innovates new products for the marine tech industry. In particular, I do a good deal of freelance film design work as a set designer, but my work and background experience actually began in architecture. So I think that the easiest way to describe my background would be as a designer that works in multiple mediums. I attended Skidmore for Art School and then the City College of New York (CCNY) for graduate school in Urban Design.
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