Designing Film
@designingfilm.bsky.social
Design in film, VFX and sometimes other things.
Here’s his interview with the Original Prop Blog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5b...
January 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Here’s his interview with the Original Prop Blog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5b...
According to Cantwell, he asked if there was a waiting list and Wright replied, “Not for you.” However, after Wright’s death in 1959, Cantwell made the decision not to attend. Cantwell went on to work for NASA and on 2001: A Space Odyssey before designing for Star Wars…
January 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
According to Cantwell, he asked if there was a waiting list and Wright replied, “Not for you.” However, after Wright’s death in 1959, Cantwell made the decision not to attend. Cantwell went on to work for NASA and on 2001: A Space Odyssey before designing for Star Wars…
Cantwell’s first dream was to study architecture with Wright so personally presented his work at Taliesin. Wright was impressed enough with his work to invite him to join the Taliesin Fellowship. Pictured here is one of Cantwell’s architectural conceptual models…
January 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Cantwell’s first dream was to study architecture with Wright so personally presented his work at Taliesin. Wright was impressed enough with his work to invite him to join the Taliesin Fellowship. Pictured here is one of Cantwell’s architectural conceptual models…
Colin Cantwell, concept designer of so many iconic Star Wars vehicles initially wanted to be an architect. He was accepted to study at Taliesin and Taliesin West by none other than Frank Lloyd Wright…
January 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Colin Cantwell, concept designer of so many iconic Star Wars vehicles initially wanted to be an architect. He was accepted to study at Taliesin and Taliesin West by none other than Frank Lloyd Wright…
Production Designer Rick Carter on using collage; “It's all just about the process of visualizing. It's not so much a recreation, but a meditation on how I'm feeling at that moment and then what does that lead to…”
Some of his early work for Back to the Future Part II (1989).
Some of his early work for Back to the Future Part II (1989).
December 30, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Production Designer Rick Carter on using collage; “It's all just about the process of visualizing. It's not so much a recreation, but a meditation on how I'm feeling at that moment and then what does that lead to…”
Some of his early work for Back to the Future Part II (1989).
Some of his early work for Back to the Future Part II (1989).
Fricke says, "I look at the theater as a temple. The audience sits in the dark with their senses alert and their defenses down. It is the perfect opportunity to bypass the viewers' personalities and address a life-affirming message to their inner beings."
December 27, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Fricke says, "I look at the theater as a temple. The audience sits in the dark with their senses alert and their defenses down. It is the perfect opportunity to bypass the viewers' personalities and address a life-affirming message to their inner beings."
Baraka (1992). Directed/Cinematography by Ron Fricke. Roger Ebert wrote, “If man sends another Voyager to the distant stars and it can carry only one film on board, that film might be Baraka."
December 27, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Baraka (1992). Directed/Cinematography by Ron Fricke. Roger Ebert wrote, “If man sends another Voyager to the distant stars and it can carry only one film on board, that film might be Baraka."
Matte paintings by Rocco Gioffre for Gremlins (1984).
December 24, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Matte paintings by Rocco Gioffre for Gremlins (1984).
Ralph McQuarrie's 1994 Lucasfilm Christmas Card of Jawas enjoying some holiday gift giving.
December 22, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Ralph McQuarrie's 1994 Lucasfilm Christmas Card of Jawas enjoying some holiday gift giving.
Early Babu Frik concept art by Luke Fisher for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
December 20, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Early Babu Frik concept art by Luke Fisher for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Krypto the Superdog’s first appearance in March, 1955.
December 19, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Krypto the Superdog’s first appearance in March, 1955.
Pre-production resin prototype Jetsam Fix-It model by the Industrial Light & Magic workshop for Batteries Not Included (1987).
December 19, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Pre-production resin prototype Jetsam Fix-It model by the Industrial Light & Magic workshop for Batteries Not Included (1987).
Happy Birthday, Steven Spielberg!
December 18, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Happy Birthday, Steven Spielberg!
It was wild to recognize Jupiter’s cloud patterns in Andor.
December 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
It was wild to recognize Jupiter’s cloud patterns in Andor.
Layout design of a view of Yubaba’s Bathhouse for Spirited Away [千と千尋の神隠し] (2001).
December 17, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Layout design of a view of Yubaba’s Bathhouse for Spirited Away [千と千尋の神隠し] (2001).
Here’s a John Neill illustration from 1907 for reference.
December 17, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Here’s a John Neill illustration from 1907 for reference.
Tik-Tok from Return to Oz (1985). Three versions were built of the rotund, wind-up robot for the film by Lyle Conway. Production designer Norman Reynolds based the design on John Neill’s original illustrations for Ozma of Oz (1907) by L. Frank Baum.
December 17, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Tik-Tok from Return to Oz (1985). Three versions were built of the rotund, wind-up robot for the film by Lyle Conway. Production designer Norman Reynolds based the design on John Neill’s original illustrations for Ozma of Oz (1907) by L. Frank Baum.
Le Château des Pyrénées (1959) by René Magritte and 天空の城ラピュタ [Laputa: Castle in the Sky] (1986) by Hayao Miyazaki.
December 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Le Château des Pyrénées (1959) by René Magritte and 天空の城ラピュタ [Laputa: Castle in the Sky] (1986) by Hayao Miyazaki.
A panel from The Repairmen (1996) by Mœbius.
December 16, 2024 at 12:48 PM
A panel from The Repairmen (1996) by Mœbius.
Set development by Rodolfo Damaggio for Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017).
December 16, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Set development by Rodolfo Damaggio for Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017).
Cinematographer Dean Cundey chats with the @ilmvfx.bsky.social Lighter Darker Podcast: youtu.be/BZP4NVdfzo4?...
December 10, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Cinematographer Dean Cundey chats with the @ilmvfx.bsky.social Lighter Darker Podcast: youtu.be/BZP4NVdfzo4?...
Concept art by Matt Allsopp for an unmade reboot of The Last Starfighter (1984).
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Concept art by Matt Allsopp for an unmade reboot of The Last Starfighter (1984).
This amazing thread on The RPF has much more detailed information and images about the models including further comments from Duncan himself:
www.therpf.com/forums/threa...
www.therpf.com/forums/threa...
December 9, 2024 at 1:24 PM
This amazing thread on The RPF has much more detailed information and images about the models including further comments from Duncan himself:
www.therpf.com/forums/threa...
www.therpf.com/forums/threa...
"Once the drawings were approved by George, they were handed off to me to do a quick, rough, small model in foam and cardboard. After the rough models were approved, I would make the finished model. But even then the design might keep evolving.”
December 9, 2024 at 1:24 PM
"Once the drawings were approved by George, they were handed off to me to do a quick, rough, small model in foam and cardboard. After the rough models were approved, I would make the finished model. But even then the design might keep evolving.”