ADG Perspective

July-August 2018

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4 2 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 When we were asked to write about some of our experiences on Solo: A Star Wars Story, naturally, we delved into the back catalogue of past PERSPECTIVE editions to see what was expected of us. Here in the UK, there is no solely Art Department focussed periodical such as PERSPECTIVE, so it was with great pleasure that it quickly became obvious that the Art Department community as a whole across the UK, USA and Europe, are very much keeping alive those original Art Department techniques held dear to us, ingrained into us by our mentors, having been handed down through successive generations of Art Department crew. This spirit of constantly evolving ingenuity of approach to set design and A "Some of the tools change, but the modus operandi of most Art Departments is largely similar…honing initial ideas, some of which stick, some of which don't, but all the time helping push on to the next phase creatively." building, by embracing new technologies, married with tried-and-tested traditional methods, is a potent and successful formula. When it's taught to a newer and younger generation of craftspeople, it's embraced and improved upon by them utilising the latest computer technologies and 3D printing, second nature to many of them, to interpret the original methodology and keep the spirit of Art Department innovation and creativity very much alive. Some of the tools change, but the modus operandi of most Art Departments is largely similar. Directorial discussions with script, researchers mining for inspirational imagery, the location C o n t i n u i n g t h e S t a r W a r s S a g a F A R F R O M D O I N G I T S O L O . . . B Y N E I L L A M O N T, P R O D U C T I O N D E S I G N E R , A N D A L B U L L O C K , S U P E R V I S I N G A R T D I R E C T O R

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