Setting, Set Design, and Props Preliminary Exercise 3 - Production Design

 Production design is the overall look of the production. The props and sets can tell you what's going on as an audience member. It captures the unifying image of wardrobe, props, and set design. It has three main factors. It sets a scene's mood, can reflect the state of a character, and can articulate a stories themes. Production designers and sometimes producers are responsible for production design. They work together, also writers to understand the mood, props, and wardrobe in that one scene. 

  A films setting functions as a backdrop and container for action taking place in the scene. However it goes further then that. Its significance comes from the fact that it can reflect the themes and mood, style, and emotions of a film. Also indicating the historical and geographic context of the production. One key element in identifying genre is the mood of the film. If the film is upbeat it might be and action or comedy. If its calm and reserved it might be a drama. 

This is a movie scene from Twilight of Edward and Bella at prom together. You can see this through the decoration of the lights and them slowing dancing. This image has helped me understand how much they love each other through the way they passionately look at each other, which is the purpose of the scene.

Set design is the what the scene will look like, like backdrops. What the scene has in it is props. They are the items or things in the scene or movie that may or may not have significance depending on the movie. They help further understand the purpose or meaning of a specific scene in the film.

This is a scene from the film Bird Box. It seems like a family of four in a old house hiding from someone or something. Assuming that they are either in a hurry or this isn't their house because of the props of the bags and backpacks.