Host: Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago (FILMCO)
Presents: The Fundamentals of Production Design
Discipline: Film Production | Production Design
Skill Level: Beginners
Description: Production design in film- what is it, and what does it entail? According to the website shortoftheweek.com, it is “the overall look of a film that illustrates the setting and visual style of the story. It includes the design of sets, location choices, costumes, and the choice and supervision of props.” Production design involves the entire art department of a film which includes many other departments in addition to those listed above, such as makeup, your graphic arts and special effects.
Workshop facilitator Canadian production designer Rose Lagacé will introduce local industry practitioners to the foundations of great production design. She will explain what production design for film encompasses and take participants through the various departments that make up the art department. Lagacé will then focus on the role of the production designer, describing the work they do at each stage of a production, and the skills and education that is required to be successful.
Rose will also go through and provide a critical glossary of production design terms, and will share key insights she has gleaned from leading production designers over the course of her career.
Days | Times: 14th – 15th December, 2020 | 6PM – 8PM (AST)
Location: Online [Zoom]
Facilitator: Rose Lagacé
Rose Lagacé is a production designer based in Toronto, Canada. She graduated from the Niagara College of Applied Arts & Technology having studied film theory and art history before moving to Toronto to pursue filmmaking.
Dipping her toes into various film and television productions as a production assistant allowed Rose to quickly learn the lay of the land and find her calling in the art department.
Since those early days, Rose has had the opportunity to production design several independent feature films including the indie gem “At Home By Myself… With You”, the CFC’s “Old Stock”, TIFF Official Selection “Wet Bum”, and the teen hit “Almost Adults”, which is now available on Amazon Prime Video.
Rose has designed several TV movies including films for CBC, Hallmark, Lifetime, and the Space Network. She also production designed Amy Jo Johnson’s comedy feature directorial debut, “The Space Between”, the dramatic thriller “Ordinary Days”, a feature film told in three acts by three different directors, as well as “Trouble in the Garden”, a story involving the devastating after-effects of the Sixties Scoop.
Most recently, Rose had the pleasure of production designing the award-winning critically acclaimed series, the “Baroness von Sketch Show” for IFC and CBC, and the sophomore season of the sketch comedy series “TallBoyz” for CBC.
Cost: $300 TTD (General) | $240 TTD (FILMCO members/students)
Key Dates:
- Registration Begins: 30th November 2020 | 9AM [AST]
- Registration Ends: 11th December 2020 | 11:50PM [AST]
Registration Location: Online
Tickets also available at the FILMCO office at 22 Jerningham Avenue, Belmont from 10AM – 5PM [AST]
Workshop details submitted by: Catherine Emmanuel
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