Mar11
In memoriam Ken Adam – first published on June 7, 2012. By Andrew Horn This was an interview I did a few years ago for an article that was much too short to take advantage of the material. Ken Adam is a production designer responsible for the early James Bond films (into the Roger Moore
Jul15
by Andrew Horn Q: Do you ever go so far as to do the story boarding for actual scenes? I feel like I’m increasingly doing that, but not physically, I find that I’m putting pencil to paper less and less. I think my day breaks down into about 1 hour of design and about
Jul11
by Andrew Horn Q: So far we’ve been talking about a lot of stylized work – how much does one need a Production Designer for realistic looking films? I increasingly feel that locations are just an extension of the Production Designer’s palette. I might not have said that 5 years ago as much. You can’t
Jul08
By Andrew Horn Since talking about the Superman movie I remembered that I had done an interview with Alex McDowell, who was not only Production Designer on Man Of Steel for Zack Snyder, but also Snyder’s earlier Watchmen, which had a very different look. While working mostly on major budget films, McDowell could be hyper-stylized
Jun09
By Andrew Horn In the first part of the interview with Ken Adam, we talked about the relation between the production designer and the director, and now we get to the role that the designer plays in the film itself. Coming from the analog world, his experience still has resonance in the ever increasing transition