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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Cinematography
DEF

Technician responsible for designing sets, sometimes also costumes and graphics.

OBS

The art director, sometimes credited as the production designer ..., fills the same basic role as the designer in the theatre, although, as the resources of photography, lighting, and special effects have developed, the demands on him become infinitely more complex and varied.

OBS

There is some confusions nowadays between the functions of the art director and the production designer in feature films. Originally the production designer was someone whose scope and talents were much wider than those of the art director - his task was not only to give sketched ideas of film sets but to concern himself with every artistic aspect of the film from each individual camera set-up through to the design of the costumes and credit titles. Today the credit Production Designer is often used to cover the functions and responsibilities undertaken by the art director.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Personne responsable de tous les éléments de décoration dans une émission.

OBS

Il est chargé de la conception des décors et du contrôle de leur exécution. Il travaille en collaboration avec le réalisateur et le directeur de la photographie en ce qui concerne l'aspect technique de la conception et de l'exécution; en collaboration avec le costumier (il arrive qu'il soit également costumier) et avec le régisseur-ensemblier (meubles et accessoires) en ce qui concerne certains aspects techniques. Il dirige et contrôle le travail des différents corps de métiers employés à la construction des décors.

OBS

«directeur artistique» : Si le directeur-photo s'occupe de la composition de l'image, le directeur artistique supervise l'apparence de cette image, c'est-à-dire le décor, les accessoires, les costumes, les maquillages et les coiffures.

Key term(s)
  • chef de la scénographie

Spanish

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