What Does A Production Designer Do?

"I think of myself as the hand of the director. My real job is to understand how the director reads the script, and what he/she sees and wants to visually accomplish."
Top industry production designers including David Gropman (Life of Pi), Barbara Munch-Cameron (Behind the Candelabra), John Stevenson (Burton and Taylor) discuss their craft and profession for BAFTA Guru.
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[@girlyyyyyylylylyl555]

Legit dream job. Film is so cool.

[@capowable]

This video is great. Got stuck with production design when the other students fought over director and dop roles. Best thing to happen to me.

[@idowumuhammedtimileyin7768]

How do I get started please

[@gabrielas550]

thank you so much for this! loved the video and definitely helped

[@KayGee_yt]

I'm being considered for a production designer position (I really don't think I'm qualified but I'll let them do what they want 😌). It's exciting!

[@LittleElectricChickenHeart]

Did you get it?

[@berner]

I'm looking more for what the actual job entails. I don't want to know "A day in the life of a Production Designer" is like. What are the responsibilities?

[@terasocute9994]

berner that’s what I want to know as well

[@sammmiii13]

It can be anything from liaising with the director, talking directly with their teams within the department, researching, drafting, overseeing their teams on set etc. every day is different.

[@MEin5D]

This question brought me here for a film I'm producing. The director wants a budget for a production designer and I'm like nah we just need props and a set decorator.

[@Jesus_Zendejas]

@@MEin5D is it for a short?

[@palmlenge]

using this video in my reflective essay

[@dapha.r.6487]

Amazing

[@jarro921]

thank you@

[@WSPUNIT]

They all look exhausted

[@mailhena]

That's design in general for you...

[@cceste6885]

Let me focus on that they are saying, the camera keeps on looking into lights and doing sweeping shots that are distracting, at least to me ;p I wanna hear what they have to say, I dont care if the shots look dope

[@PaperProjectFilms]

I 100% agree

[@capowable]

Then don’t look at it???? 🤨

[@dfnuniverse2198]

👌💪🏽✅🖤

[@joaopedrooliveira8216]

What's up Avenues

[@stoneheart5041]

I wish to know how the production designer should work hand in globes with the Director because there might be an instance where both won't agree with that of the other person....

[@JLW667]

2:52

[@willardenjoyer296]

nobody asked but damn john stevenson is so hot

[@KC2Lucky]

you're right. but no one did ask.

[@sfirth1]

Dear BAFTA I want to share this with my film students but David Copman only refers to directors as "he" which doesn't really encourage half of my students!

[@shadowthefox1]

This is the most retarded comment ever

[@abrahammunoz5173]

I need some fucking headphones to listen to this