Understanding design in film production : Using art, light, and locations to tell your story / Barbara Freedman Doyle

SECTION 1
Understanding Design in Film;
Chapter 1: What Is Your Movie About . . .?; Point of View; Tone; What Does All This Have to Do with You?;
Chapter 2: Some Components of Visual Design; Color; Texture; Size; Forced Perspective; Line and Repetition; Another Use of Line; Weight;
Chapter 3: The Vision-and Collaboration;
SECTION 2
The Collaborators
Chapter 4: Designing, Building, Painting; The Production Designer; The Business Side; The Art Director; The Set Designer Art Department CoordinatorConcept Illustrator; Storyboard Artist; Researcher; Construction; The Construction Coordinator; Greens; Lead Scenic
Chapter 5: The Decorator; The Crew
Chapter 6: Locations; Second Unit; Places "Playing" Other Places
Chapter 7: Lighting and Picture
Chapter 8: Costumes and Props; Costumes; Props
Chapter 9: Visual Effects and Animation; Effects; Visual Effects and Animation
Chapter 10: Why All This Talk about Authenticity?; Cheating Reality; The Responsibility of a Production Designer; The Budget; SECTION 3
Your Low Budget Film or TV Project
Chapter 11: Putting All This Together How It Can Work; Saying Yes
Chapter 12: Planning Your Project: Building It, Finding It, or Both?; Breaking Down a Script; Researching the Subject of the Script; Deciding about Locations; Business Basics and Design; Budgets and the Producer and Screenwriter (and Sometimes the Director); Now Back to Our Rom-Com; More Factors in the Choice of Practical vs. Build
Chapter 13: Shooting Your Film on Distant Location; The Cost; The Logistics; The Good News and the Bad News; The Takeaway for Producers, Directors, and Those Who Suggest Finding the Locations "Away." Tax Incentives
Chapter 14: Your Process; Action; What Does the Director Want to See?; Stages;
Chapter 15: Practical Matters: Location Agreements, Permits, Insurance; The Location Agreement; Permits; Insurance; Ways to Get Help: Film Commissions; Other Ways to Get Help: People;
Chapter 16: How to Be Your Own Location Manager; Back to Basics: Research; What Do You Really Need to Tell Your Story?; The Approach; Money; The Tech Scout; During Production; The Walk Through; Finishing Up; Last Words about Dealing with Location Logistics
Chapter 17: What You Need to Do What You Want: Demystifying the Budget People; Art and Construction; Locations; Set Dressing; A Hypothetical Location Budget; Art Department Budget
Chapter 18: Learning the Craft: Starting Out
Chapter 19: Doing What You Want with What You Have: Student Films
Chapter 20: Visual Storytelling in Making the Sale
Chapter 21: Entering the Profession
Chapter 22: Suggested Viewing

Great visual storytelling is possible on a minimal budget, but you have to spend a lot of energy thinking and planning. In Understanding Design in Film Production, author Barbara Freedman Doyle demonstrates how to use production design, cinematography, lighting, and locations to create an effective and compelling visual story, even on the tightest of budgets. Featuring in-depth interviews with production designers, set decorators, construction coordinators, cinematographers, costumers, and location managers talking about the techniques of their craft, it provides you with a feel for what everyone on the visual team does, how they think and plan, and how best to utilize the knowledge and skills they offer. This book guides you through how to find, secure, and manage the best locations, how to create and dress a set, and how to make old look new and new look old--all on a tight budget. With insights from experts at the top of their field, sharing how they plan for the real-world application of large-scale ideas, you'll be able to see ways to apply their techniques to your own smaller-scale productions. Understanding Design in Film Production is a practical, hands-on guide for any aspiring filmmaker who wants to understand the basic principles of visual design in order to create exceptional looking films