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Production Design in Film — The Underrated Role Explained

A general-audience explainer on why production design deserves far more attention than it usually gets. Good entry point for anyone new to the craft who assumes it is just about pretty sets.

StudioBinder · 11 min · Beginner · DES · Production Design · 2022

What you take away

Production design is invisible when it works — that invisibility is the actual craft.

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