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The Art Director (1949) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1949 · 7 mins · English
- Directed by
- Otto Lang
- Starring
- Gregory Peck, Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Jack Stoney, Charles Laughton, Ann Harding
An art director oversees a film’s set, from concept to construction and furnishing. Short film shows how they read the script to design environments that convey period, class and mood, with knowledge of décor and fashion. They choose colors, shaping designs from 1920s Art Deco to 1930s modernism. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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