Production Design & the Cinematic Home

This book uses in-depth case studies to explore the significance of the design of the home on screen. The chapters draw widely upon the production designer's professional perspective and particular creative point of view. The case studies employ a methodology Barnwell has pioneered for the analysis of production design called Visual Concept Analysis, which can be used as a key to decode the design of any given film. Through the nurturing warmth of the Browns' home in Paddington, the ambiguous boundaries of secret service agent homes in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the 'singleton' space occupied by Bridget Jones, Barnwell demonstrates that the domestic interior consistently plays a key role. Whether used as a transition space, an ideal, a catalyst for change or a place to return to, these case studies examine the pivotal nature of the home in storytelling and the production designers' significance in its creation. The book benefits from interviews with production designers and artwork that provides insight on the creative process. Dr Jane Barnwell is Reader in Moving Image at the University of Westminster, UK. She is the author of Production Design for Screen: Visual Storytelling in Film and TV (2017), Production Design: Architects of the screen (2004) and The Fundamentals of Film Making (2008).

Auteur

Dr Jane Barnwell is Reader in Moving Image at the University of Westminster, UK. She is the author of Production Design for Screen: Visual Storytelling in Film and TV (2017), Production Design: Architects of the screen (2004) and The Fundamentals of Film Making (2008).

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IntroductionChapter one The Home on Screen: An examination of the pivotal role of the domestic interior

Chapter two The Hero's Journey: The Quest for Home in Paddington 2 (2017)

Chapter three Finding Your Way Through The Maze: Navigating The Public and Private Spaces of Downing Street in Darkest Hour (2017)

Chapter four How are the themes of espionage explored through the production design of the home in Tinker Tailor Soldier, Spy (2011)?

Chapter five Bridget Jones's Diary (2001): A Wild Unconventional Space Bursting with Potential

Chapter six Buckingham Palace as a Place of Public Duty above Personal Expression in The Crown (Netflix series, 2016-19)

Chapter seven How does the design of the Byers' home in Stranger Things (2016-2019 Netflix series, Dir. The Duffer Brothers) reflect the narrative and the characters' interior landscapes?

Chapter eight Vertical hierarchy and the home in Parasite (2019, Dir. Bong Joon Ho, PD Ha-Jun Lee)