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The Art Department
Terry on the set of 'Supergirl' in 1984 The Art Department usually employs the largest number of people on any film crew. On big budget fantasy, period drama or sci-fi films, the Art Department...
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STORYBOARD MAN!……or how to tell the story in pictures
The following is from an article by Martin Asbury in Network Nine News. www.network-nine.com Martin Asbury A good storyboard artist has to know, understand and love film. He has to think like a camera...
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THE BUSINESS OF SNOW by Darcey E Crownshaw
Even today, when filming on real snow locations, the logistics of getting equipment, cast and crew safely on and off the snowbound sets adds a whole new dimension to the challenges faced by any...
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THE MAGIC OF MATTES AND MINIATURES by Leigh Took
On a location driven film when is it a waterfall and when is it a working model? When is a backdrop real and when is it a matte? This is the magic created by the skill and craft of the model and...
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The Art of Illusion … by Wendy Laybourn
THE BOOK! I’ve been really busy for the past couple of years helping my Art Director friend, Terry Ackland-Snow, to write a book about working in the film Art Department. We decided to call it The Art...
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DYNAMATION … from a lecture by Ray Harryhausen in 1984
Dynamation is a term which was coined by producer Charles Schneer when we started making black and white films together in the 1950s. We specialised in combining live actors with animated models and,...
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Prosthetics and Make-up – from a lecture by Neville Smallwood in 1948, which...
NEVILLE SMALLWOOD (1922-2004) It has long been my contention that, when attempting a heavy character make-up, more use should be made of the materials which have been developed in the last few years –...
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