Graphic Design for Filmmaking w/Annie Atkins
November 2, 2019 - November 3, 2019
Taught by award winning designer Annie Atkins, who has created iconic designs several of Wes Anderson's films. Annie will be flying in from Dublin Ireland, for a rare two day workshop that is limited to only 16 students.
Telegrams, love letters, prison escape maps... it’s not just the movie poster a graphic designer makes, but also any paper props that the actors work with on set. But how do you start designing graphics that can help tell a director’s story, as well as contributing to the genre, period, and visual aesthetic of a film?
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
- This is a 2 day course
- 10:00am - 5:00pm Saturday Nov 2
- 10:00am - 5:00pm Sunday Nov 3
- LIMITED TO ONLY 16 students
combines classroom lecture and practical assignments, including:
- When we design graphics for film, who are we designing for?
- How a graphic designer works for the production designer, set decorator, and prop master
- How to read and break down a film script
- How graphics are used as storytelling devices
- Researching graphic design and graphic methods from the past
- How to avoid ending up on the IMDB Goofs page
- How to draw and make graphics by hand
- How to put together an optimal portfolio for applying for work in an art department
- How to contact film productions looking for work
This course is for you if...
- You’re a graphic designer or illustrator looking to translate your skills to filmmaking, or...
- You’re a filmmaker looking to use graphic design effectively in your storytelling, or...
- You're a design graduate wondering what to do next.
ABOUT ANNIE ATKINS
Annie specializes in graphics for filmmaking, which means that she makes any graphic pieces outlined by a period film script—like postage stamps and banknotes to help create Wes Anderson’s fictional State of Zubrowka; or shopfront signs and fake passports for Steven Spielberg’s New York. Her graphic design work can be seen in such films as:
- Isle of Dogs
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Boxtrolls
- Room
- Bridge of Spies
See Annie's Work and Website
For a full list of films she has been involved in, check out her IMDB page