Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking *[EPUB]
A behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary and meticulous design of graphic objects for film sets Although graphic props such as invitations, letters, tickets, and packaging are rarely seen close-up by a cinema audience, they are designed in painstaking detail. Dublin-based designer Annie Atkins invites readers into the creative process behind her intricately designed, rigorously researched, and visually stunning graphic props. These objects may be given just a fleeting moment of screen time, but their authenticity is vital and their role is crucial: to nudge both the actors on set and the audience just that much further into the fictional world of the film. Read more
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Why Must Read Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking?
This book is great. The problem is the marketing. If this was titled "Annie Atkins: Graphic Design for Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel and other films" it would have been fine. But this is not "a behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary and meticulous design of graphic objects for film sets" which implies a broader overview. This is a monograph of Atkins' work for a subset of contemporary films with historical references. Doesn't include Atkin's work from Joker, West Side Story and Angels of Darkness.
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