Switching Gears

Designing and building can be creatively satisfying for those of you who really love to art it up. Reaching as far back into your mind as you can to come up with an new and innovative way for a space to work and feel. For some of us though, it's not enough. But it's okay! A profession exists for us. A profession that combines designing and building for an imaginary world. Sounds great right? Well what is it.....

Production Design. It lies within the film industry. The above sketch was done by Guy Dyas, the Production Designer of Terry Giliam's film The Brothers Grimm.

Basically the Production Designer is in charge of the Art department on a film project and the Art Department is in charge of creating the physical world that appears on the film. It is important that the designer knows how to create and design something that is far out there, creative, and reflects what the director sees in his head and can still be realistically built. 

Guy Dyas' sketch (above) ended up being built almost exactly like the image for the film. And as whimsical as it looks it was still possible to build. This is why you might see architects or interior designers making their way into the film world, they know how to design something that must be realistically built. 

"The Tower" by Guy Dyas

Production design is really a great way to execute one's creative skills and satisfy their love for designing and building. I don't know about the rest of you, but it's my dream job, and so it looks as though I should practice my sketching.  Thank you Guy.

"Cavaldi's Carriage" pencil sketch by Guy Dyas

Director Terry Gilliam (left) and Guy Dyas (right) on set shooting 

The Brothers Grimm

Photos and information on The Brothers Grimm and Guy Dyas from http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/grimguyd.htm

More to come on this subject.

Keep Sketching guys.

Alana