The DreamWorks effect: The case for studying the ideology of production design

Damian Sutton

doi:10.1093/screen/45.4.383

The DreamWorks effect: The case for studying the ideology of production design

Damian Sutton

School of Media and Performing Arts

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Abstract

The article discusses the impact on production design of new technologies such as computer-generated imagery (CGI). Just as art directors in the past were concerned with creating persuasive, "real" environments that satisfied varying generic and social verisimilar codes, it is striking how this approach has been maintained in the use of CGI. In the example of "Band of Brothers", the "success" of the recreation of the past depends on CGI's ability to replicate aesthetic codes associated with cinematic realism, for example the artificial creation of hand-held camera effects. (Quotes from original text)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-390
Number of pages	8
Journal	Screen
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/45.4.383
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2004

Keywords

Cinema Sets
Design
Computer Use
Television
USA
Drama
Band of Brothers

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