The fourth in a seasonal series of short entries featuring snow. Today’s subject is Charles Tunnicliffe; Etcher, engraver and painter, whose principal subject was bird life and the natural countryside. “Company of Whitethroats” ( Please click these images to enlarge them ). Charles Tunnicliffe RA OBE 1901 – 1979 Charles Tunnicliffe was born in Macclesfield, [...]
Categories: Art,Artist,Composition,Illustration
Tagged: Art, artists, Illustration, Production Design, winter
(Please click these images to enlarge them.) This is a random assortment of images in no particular order, so please don’t read it as if it were a storyboard! ‘The Illusionist’ premiered some time ago, at the Berlinale Film Festival (February 16th, 2010) I love the art direction of these images. They are centred on [...]
Tagged: Animation, art direction, Production Design, watercolour
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 [...]
Categories: Film,Illustration,Production Design
Tagged: art direction, British Cinema, Composition, concept art, Illustration, Production Design
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 [...]
Categories: Film,Illustration,Product Design
Tagged: art direction, British Cinema, Illustration, Production Design
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 [...]
Categories: Animation,Illustration,Production Design
Tagged: Animation, Composition, Hans Bacher, Production Design
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, [...]
Categories: Film,Production Design
Tagged: art direction, British Cinema, Production Design
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 [...]
Categories: Film,Illustration,Production Design
Tagged: art direction, British Cinema, Production Design, Visual Development
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 [...]
Categories: Film,History,Production Design
Tagged: art direction, British Cinema, Production Design
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. [...]
Categories: Film,Illustration,Production Design
Tagged: art direction, British, Production Design
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 [...]
Categories: History,Production Design
Tagged: art direction, British, cinema, Production Design
