Production design is everything that goes into making the world of a film – sets, props and more. But despite its importance, production design is a facet of filmmaking that I think many people take for granted. We often ascribe credit to the writers, directors and stars of a picture rather than the artists working in the shadows. But today, we’re going to honor the great production designers of Hollywood by looking at every Academy Award for Best Production Design winner – then we’ll rank some of the best production designs of all-time. Before we rank the “best” Best Production…
Before we wrote stories, we painted them. Humans were interpreting the world visually long before there was written language. With cave walls as canvas, early humans told stories of community, ritual, and survival.Tens of thousands of years later, that same impulse lives on. The art of visual storytelling has evolved from cave drawings to the moving images of film and television, where a single frame can communicate a thousand words.In this article, we’ll explore the power of imagery to evoke emotion and how you can harness this tool to elevate your films at every stage of production, from the blank…
The best movie directors of all time — the idea of such a list sparks immediate debate. Rather than try to impose any sort of definitive or objective best directors list, consider this more of a celebration of the entire medium. Woefully underrepresented on this list are women. While women have been an integral part of the film industry since the beginning, the opportunity to direct was rarely given to them. That means that any list that covers the entirety of film history will be unfortunately one-sided. Thankfully, women have been making great strides in reversing this over the years…
