Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll analyse a page from a movie script. You will see how to create a breakdown of the list of graphics you'll be required to make. ”

In this video lesson Annie Atkins addresses the topic: Reading and Breaking Down a Film Script, 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

“The first thing I do on any movie is I read the script and familiarize myself with the plot, the characters, the location, the period and the general atmosphere of the story. As I read the script, I highlight anything in it that sounds like it might be a piece of graphic design. And just to recap, a piece of graphic design in a movie could be anything with lettering on it, anything with some kind of image, a photograph or an illustration on it, anything with any kind of pattern on it and pretty much anything made out of paper. Let's read a script page together from this spy thriller and we'...”

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Course summary for: Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (57)
• 4900 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (2h 43m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Graphic Design