Films With Sexy Art Direction: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Stuart Craig should have won a total of 8 Oscars for Production Design since 2001. It’s a travesty.
I agree wholeheartedly! Whenever I look at those shots of the room of requirement I have a mindgasm. But how Stuart Craig didn’t win every year he made a Harry Potter film is beyond me. His work is FLAWLESS and he is created the best world I have ever seen in any film ever.
From reading Harry Potter: Page To Screen I can tell you that this is Stuart Craig’s (genius; production designer for Harry Potter) first drawing of Hogwarts. I found it incredible that it was so similar to the final construction of the castle.
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Did You Know: There are no right angles in the design of Diagon Alley
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scenery porn → harry potter & order of the phoenix
scenery porn → harry potter & order of the phoenix
^^I love whoever wrote ‘scenery porn’.
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Art Direction Apreciation:
This scene for me was one of my favourite moments of art direction from the entire saga. Everything about this space embodies the magic, beauty and quirkiness of Harry Potter. It is strongly likened to Prisoner of Azkaban - which in my opinion is the visually superior choice from the films before Deathly Hallows Part 2 - and was really stunning.
The towers of discarded objects all obivously selected to suit the ambient style of the Potterverse. Though not strictly art direction, the inclusion of the cornish pixies from Chamber of Secrets. And then, aside from the physical set, the visual effects of the fiend fyre and the sheild charm Harry casts.
I also have to mention that the camera work really augmented the art direction in this scene. It portrayed very nice movement and there was an excellent use of wide angles to give this large-scale feel - namely once the fiend fyre begins to chase the trio.
Bravo Stuart Craig. Not just for Deathly Hallows Part 2 for which you should take the Oscar, but also for your fantastic, invaluable contribution to creating Harry Potter as we know it.
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I made this ages ago - if you’ve been around long enough you might remember the POA Art Direction spam I did. Anyway, I only JUST thought of a way to post it in it’s full-res glory and I haven’t even thought about this thing since I made it.
But, without further ado, I present the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Art Direction Appreciation Post.](http://hgrodgers.com/Art%20Direction%20Appreciation%20Post.png)
I made this ages ago - if you’ve been around long enough you might remember the POA Art Direction spam I did. Anyway, I only JUST thought of a way to post it in it’s full-res glory and I haven’t even thought about this thing since I made it.
But, without further ado, I present the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Art Direction Appreciation Post.
I made this ages ago - if you’ve been around long enough you might remember the POA Art Direction spam I did. Anyway, I only JUST thought of a way to post it in it’s full-res glory and I haven’t even thought about this thing since I made it.
But, without further ado, I present the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Art Direction Appreciation Post.
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy on the set of HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy on the set of HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
And people think Art Direction is a weird choice. Look at this picture and tell me Art Direction wouldn’t be amazing!
Seven Harrys “This is the most complicated scene in the wooooooooooorld!”
“Like Rupert, walks with a realll wiggle in his hips. Y’know it’s actually quite a sexy walk, if, y’know, that’s appropriate to say.” Oh Jesus, I love you DanRad.
This is great. I love “the making of” extras on films. I always watch those things - especially art department ones. That is why one of my back-up plans is to work in the art department for films. Somehow I don’t think I could survive working behind the camera though…
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“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” Art Direction Appreciation Post
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This is my Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban art direction appreciation post. This was one of the first movies I recognised the potential art direction in and was the movie that made me decide to drop my previous decision to study Anthropology and God knows what else and pick up Graphic Design.
I can guarantee you that this movie will be in 90% of people’s Top-Potter-Movies list. Why? Well, I believe there are a few contributory factors, including: the awesome score (I own the extended version); the fun, intricate and tangent-like plot, the more mature acting of the kids; and, of course, the beautifully aesthetic art direction.
In this massive collage of shots from the film below, I want you to look past the attention grabbers to see the amazing details that you were bound to miss. Art direction or production design is about creating a detailed, involved, real, tangible world for a story so that the audience believes in it without realising and without question. For example, in the second photo of a Daily Prophet newspaper, you will first notice Sirius Black’s photo, then you’ll notice the awesome typographical layout of the Prophet and perhaps read some of the articles, then, if you’re lucky, you will notice the corner of an Ancient Runes book underneath it that someone has created just to appear there for a few seconds of the movie. Yeah, now you understand the depth of art direction a bit more.
My highlights:
- The amazing Marauder’s Map
- The Divination Classroom (note the huge tower of teacups)
- The Daily Prophets
- For personal reasons (I LOVE rain) I always love watching the Hogwarts Express as it steams along in the rain.
