Join us for a very special workshop with the brilliant Academy Award-Winning Production Designer of Black Panther and of Beyonce’s Visual Album “Lemonade”, Hannah Beachler on Thursday June 22nd from 6-9 PM!

This workshop will explore the craft of Production Design and the production designer's responsibilities in film. How the Designer works with the Director and Cinematographer, and other crafts. World Building, creating story through place, and time. How to apply research to World Building. And Designing for different budget sizes. How does budget affect and support creativity. And of course, the film industry - the difference between the ‘business’ and ‘production.’

  • The workshop will cover:

  • Defining Production Design and the role of the Production Designer on narrative feature length films.

  • How Production Design examines and tells a story of place, time, and the psychology of the characters.

  • World Building on various budget sizes and genres.

  • The ‘Business’ of film versus the ‘Production’ of film.

Instructor

Hannah Beachler

Hannah Beachler made history when she became the first African American to be nominated, and to win, an Academy Award in 2019 for Production Design for her work on the Marvel Superhero film Black Panther, Directed by her long-time collaborator Ryan Coogler. Most recently she Designed No Sudden Move with Academy Award winning Director Steven Soderbergh, and Dark Waters, with Academy Award nominated director Todd Haynes. Hannah Designed Beyoncé’s stunning visual concept album Lemonade and earned a 2016 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Production Design for A Variety Nonfiction, a 2017 Peabody for her work on the Visual Album, and took home the 2017 Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for Awards or Event Special. She joined the singer again in 2018 to Design the interstitials for Beyonce and Jay-Z’s mega tour OTRII. In 2019 Hannah was named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, Marie Claire Magazine’s 50 New Guard, Elle Magazine’s 2019 Women In Hollywood’s Power List, and InStyle’s 50 Badass Women List. For her work on Black Panther Hannah was named Ellevate’s 2019 International Woman of Change and received the Critic’s Choice Award, Hollywood Film Awards, Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards, Music City Film Critics’ Association Award et al.

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