Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Alex Vetchinsky ( 1904- 1980 )
He is an artist of the cinema and does not pretend to be a painter of pictures. His work is never self-conscious and he has [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Duncan Sutherland. (Born 1905 – )
Sutherland is another of those robust and jovial artists; like Vetchinsky, he bothers little about his drawings as such and depends for so much of [...]
A little explanation: “Snowballs” was the original working title for “Balto“.
These two keys show the interior of a gold dredging machine in Nome, Alaska.
The quality isn’t great because they are from colour copies, but the vision is spot on.
Click ‘em to enlarge ‘em folks!
Workshop interior.
Gold dredger interior.
Production designer Hans Bacher turned out hundreds of these [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Wilfrid Shingleton (1914 – 1983)
He is essentially a practical artist and there are few problems in art direction that he would not overcome.
Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1948. Conté, London Films.
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Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Paul Sherriff (1903 – 1960).
It was in 1943 that Sheriff made his most memorable contribution to film decor when as Art Director for Laurence Olivier’s `Henry V’ he experimented with [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Michael Relph. (1915 – 2004)
His designs are made in crayon and wash, and as designs show a distinct theatrical influence but when built in the studio become essentially cinematic. [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with George Provis.
After starting work in a solicitor’s office George Provis found that his heart wasn’t in it and so set out to learn architecture and the building trade.
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Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with C.P.Norman, also known as Norman Delany.
CP. NORMAN approaches film decor as a scenic artist with the knowledge of the photographer – he is lucky in knowing how far ‘make-believe’ can [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Vincent Korda. (1897 – 1979)
(Korda was responsible for the art direction of many UK made films, as well as international productions, and among his many credits are The Four Feathers, [...]
I was doing a bit of research into colour the other day, and I headed over to the splendid archive of American Cinematographer.
I found the information I was looking for spread across two of the (free to access) archive issues. The Color-Space Conundrum 1, and The Color-Space Conundrum 2. What really caught my [...]
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