Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking

Overview

“In this lesson, I will provide an overview of how a graphic designer works in the film industry. What is their role in a movie set?”

In this video lesson Annie Atkins addresses the topic: What Is the Role of a Graphic Designer in the Film Industry? 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking. Dive into the world of graphic props for film with this course on making a vintage "rap sheet." Learn how to create authentic period-correct documents using analog techniques..

Partial transcription of the video

“Okay, let's take a look at the role of the graphic designer on the film set. Our responsibility is to design everything in a movie that has any kind of graphic design on it whatsoever, okay? So these could be hand props, which are the graphic props that the actors handle on set, like newspapers or train tickets or cigarette packages or telegrams. Or they can be pieces of graphic design on a much bigger scale, like shopfront signage or stained glass signage or advertising hoarding, or even wallpaper patterns or tile patterns for tiled floors. In its most basic terms, a piece of graphic desig...”

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Course summary for: Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 18 lessons (2h 43m)
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• Category

  Craft, Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Graphic Design