Art direction course for DOP March 2014

We announce the call for a new course in 709 Media Room: Art Direction for Cinematographers.

Establishing a good and precise communication between the photography and art departments facilitates the final success of an audiovisual work. How to improve this flow of information? How to unify the criteria of the departments to establish an optimal collaboration? What are the resources of the production design? How exactly is an art direction project elaborated?

This course will analyze the processes that have a primary relationship with the cinematographer, the plastic and visual criteria of the films from the point of view of the art director in collaboration with the DOP, the procedure to follow to elaborate an art direction project… In short, to define the grammar that articulates the art direction in order to allow cinematographers to relate this area to their light and to be able to communicate better with this department.

DURATION: 16 hours

PROFESSOR: Félix Murcia

Félix Murcia has dedicated 49 years of his life to the continuous exercise in the field of Visual, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Arts. Among his innumerable works, the Art Direction of films such as “Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios” by Pedro Almodóvar, “Carmen” by Carlos Saura, “Los señores del acero” by Paul Verhoeven or “El bosque animado” by José Luis Cuerda stand out. He has also worked in theater, opera and numerous advertising films. Félix Murcia has five Goya awards to his credit and is the only artistic director to have won the National Cinematography Award.

Here you can see his IMDB profile

AIMED AT: Directors of photography, camera operators, illuminators, gaffers, colorists, directors, cinematographers, filmmakers, and any professional interested in the relationship between art and light.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Basic knowledge of cinematography and lighting.

PRICE: 300€ (260€ if the reservation is made before March 17, extended discount period). You can get up to 20% discount if you sign up for several courses. Discounts are not cumulative.

WHEN: March 22nd and 23rd, 2014. Both days from 10 am to 2 pm and from 3.30 pm to 7.30 pm (times may vary slightly).

The deadline for registration is March 19.

WHERE: Campus Audiovisual Ces. See in Google Maps. If you need any kind of information you can contact 709 MR by email or phone (668840783).

COURSE CODE: ART18-220314

CONTENTS:

1-The Art Direction Department.

Organizational chart. Professional figures and their different tasks. Dependent sections of the Department: Construction, Decoration and Setting, Props and Props. Direct relation of the Department with other specialties: Direction and Production; Costumes, Characterization and Special Effects; Photography, Sound and Digital Effects.

2-Plastic criteria and visual aspect of the films.

Plastic expressiveness. Shape and color. The form. The color. Production Design. Documentation. The design and its embodiment. Production Design resources. Natural exteriors. Natural outdoor and indoor scenery. Costumes. Preliminary project. Previous proposals to Direction and Production. Unification of criteria. Treatment. Artistic Direction Memory.

3-Theory on the procedure to follow to elaborate an Artistic Direction project.

Art Direction Project. Technical and artistic design of sets. Project and budget.

4-Construction.

Set construction on set. False perspectives. Construction of scenery in natural places. Constructions with special effects. Partial performances in natural scenery. Design of constructive elements. Proposal of handmade and digital models.

5- The Ambience.

In natural scenarios; in scenarios, half natural and half artificial; and in totally artificial scenarios.

6-Art Direction in advertising cinema. (Different graphic and filmed examples).

 

You can download the documentation for the course here.

For more information and to reserve a place, please send an e-mail to info@709mediaroom.com.