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From Concept to Film: Production Design of Outdoor Community

In this film, Project Eden, I’ve broken it down from the films color palette to the location scout to the overhead sketch to the concept artist’s final renderings.  This needed to be an outdoor set for a group of people living in a tent community. The film was being shot in New Zealan...

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Designing a Set on a Sound Stage: Concept to the Big Screen

This will show you the stages I went through, as the production designer, to create an underground bunker on a soundstage. You will see inspiration art, sketches, drafting, concept art, 3D renderings in SketchUp, photos during construction up through set dressing, and finally screengr...

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Behind the Scenes Interview w/ Production Designer Vanessa Miles on the New Zealand Set of “Project Eden Vol 1”

A fantastic look behind the scenes of the Art Department of Project Eden as we shot in and around Auckland, New Zealand in the spring of 2016. [embed]https://player.vimeo.com/video/219331329[/embed]...

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Wardrobe in Film Color Palettes and Mood Boards

As a Production Designer for film, Print/Photography & Commercials I use a color palette and mood boards for the whole project but also for each character and wardrobe change. Each color invokes a mood. For example red is strong, powerful, outgoing and blue is calm, casual & can be masc...

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