A backstage look at the job of the motion picture art director.A backstage look at the job of the motion picture art director.A backstage look at the job of the motion picture art director.
Photos
Dana Andrews
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ronald Colman
- Self - edited from 'Late George Apley'
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Joan Fontaine
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Ann Harding
- Self - edited from unidentified film
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Rita Johnson
- Self - edited from 'The Big Clock'
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
- Self - edited from 'The Big Clock'
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
George Macready
- Self - edited from 'The Big Clock'
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Dorothy McGuire
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Ray Milland
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Gregory Peck
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Jack Stoney
- Self - edited from unidentified film
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Otto Lang(uncredited)
- Writer
- Arthur V. Jones(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAlthough technically a documentary, professional actors Harry Carter and Charles Tannen play the Art Director's Assistant and the Assistant Director, respectively.
- ConnectionsFeatures In Old Chicago (1938)
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A backstage look at the arduous job of the art director...
Fascinating glimpse into the work an art director is supposed to do on any motion picture assigned to him. We get some quick looks at mostly Twentieth Century Fox films (IN OLD CHICAGO, LAURA, JANE EYRE), where sets had to be designed beforehand and much planning went into every aspect of the art director's job.
His first job is to analyze the script and decide what backgrounds will be needed. He needs to tailor his designs to fit the mood and taste of the story and the station in life of the people who are the central characters. When it is a period film, extensive research must be done so that all the sets will be as authentic as possible.
Interesting commentary gives a fairly good idea of what the art director's task is and how he must work to fill those requirements.
His first job is to analyze the script and decide what backgrounds will be needed. He needs to tailor his designs to fit the mood and taste of the story and the station in life of the people who are the central characters. When it is a period film, extensive research must be done so that all the sets will be as authentic as possible.
Interesting commentary gives a fairly good idea of what the art director's task is and how he must work to fill those requirements.
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- Doylenf
- Mar 27, 2009
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- Runtime7 minutes
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