What an Art Director Does: An Introduction to Motion Picture Production Design [Paperback]

Ward Preston (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1994

This title includes wealth of information from Preston's experiences in the film industry.

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Ward Preston

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Silman-James Press; 1st edition (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879505185
• ISBN-13: 978-1879505186
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent explaination of that "mystery" credit, July 27, 1996

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This review is from: What an Art Director Does: An Introduction to Motion Picture Production Design (Paperback)

For the art or architecture student who is into films and is still uncertain of a career direction, this book lays out the procedure and the challenges in becoming a motion picture art director or a production designer. While covering the "nuts and bolts" of the work, the messages are often driven home by war stories from the author's own experiences in the business. Easy Reading.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Thorough but Dated, July 28, 2008

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L. Romel "DerMaschineEngel" (united states) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What an Art Director Does: An Introduction to Motion Picture Production Design (Paperback)

This book covers a lot of ground and does a great job describing exactly what an art director does. However, the book was published in 1994. Technology in the past decade has dramatically changed the nature of film production, so a lot of the information in this book is very dated

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource!, September 30, 2007

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video teacher "Janet S." (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: What an Art Director Does: An Introduction to Motion Picture Production Design (Paperback)

I am a video production teacher and this book is an outstanding resource to teach kids what a career as an art director can entail. The chapters are clear and have great graphics and pictures to reinforce the information. My students who have used the book so far have enjoyed it.