How do you work with Production Designers... do you ever relate
to them one on one or is it always through the director?
Mostly the realtionship with the production designer is through the
director intitially but..... Production Designers do the same job
as the DP - a one-to-one thing with the Director - only it happens in early
pre-production. When the DP turns up, the emphasis turns to him or
her, as the DP’s arrival means: We’re Actually Going to Shoot This
Movie! People think the "look" of a movie is in the hands of the
Director and the Cinematographer but that’s not true. It’s in the
hands of five people: Director, DP, Production and Costume Designer &
Make-Up. You can’t photograph something that isn’t there, no matter
how you light it. After you’ve done more than one film with a Production
Designer you do more and more work with that person without the Directors
involvement.