By design : interviews with film production designers / Vincent LoBrutto

Includes bibliographical references and index

Robert Boyle -- Ted Haworth -- Ken Adam -- Richard Sylbert -- Richard MacDonald -- Paul Sylbert -- Albert Brenner -- Mel Bourne -- Tony Walton -- Terence Marsh -- Ferdinando Scarfiotti -- Polly Platt -- Lawrence G. Paull -- Patrizia Von Brandenstein -- Stuart Wurtzel -- Norman Garwood -- Jane Musky -- Wynn Thomas -- Kristi Zea -- Bruno Rubeo

In 'By Design', twenty prominent feature film production designers talk about their careers, their relationships with Hollywood directors, and how they formulated and executed the technical and aesthetic designs of their film projects. The interviews explore production design techniques and the total process of establishing the visual look of a feature film, including the design and creation of sets, finding locations, establishing the colour scheme or palette of a film, and supervising the costumes, hairstyles, and makeup.