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J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 2 | P E R S P E C T I V E 2 5 R E S O U R C E S Image Research Websites page for certain categories, like Creator and Title. It can be better to use the search function to type this information in, rather than deal with expanding what they call the facets on down the page. Production Design materials come in when the library receives the career papers of a Production Designer or Art Director, but they can also be found in the collections of directors, writers, producers and actors. For example, the papers of George Stevens and Martin Ritt both include works related to Production Design and not to be overlooked, the Production Design rawing ollection pulls together acuisitions that have been added to the archive, but which are not part of a fi lmmakers career papers. roduction esign holdings represent a wide range of materials and from rough sketches to presentation drawings, set plans and designs, conceptual drawings for matte and eff ects seuences, as well as storyboards. aterials include works on paper, collage, paintings, drafted drawings, prints and digital fi les, and sies range from relatively small to larger than one-sheet poster size. Once images are found, scanned images can be downloaded at fairly decent resolution directly from the website. All downloaded images will be watermarked as shown below. For clean copies of the images, it is necessary to add the item to your selection, essentially put it in your cart, and then reuest a clean copy from the library. This process can take a few days, and there is a fee for each image. For images that are not scanned, users must contact the library to make arrangements to view them in person, or have them scanned and emailed. Much design research will fall into the image search functions of the library collections, but there are also many fi lm and ideo assets available through the Academy Film Archive that may also be of interest. While these are thoroughly catalogued, they may be more challenging to actually access. While some of the collection is digitized and streamable, most have to be viewed in person, and the ability to visit the archives, currently limited, is needed to take advantage of these items. The museum is regularly adding more digitized and searchable content to its collection, and it will continue to be a valuable resource for designers when researching the history of motion pictures and the art and artists that created them. A. SEARCH RESULTS FILTERS SHOWING THE "FACETS" USED TO NARROW THE RESULTS. B. A PAGE FROM THE PRODUCTION DESIGN DRAWING COLLECTION WITH THE ACADEMY WATERMARK, SHOWING DESIGN PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OF A MONTAGNARD HUT FROM APOCALYPSE NOW, DEAN TRAVOULARIS, PRODUCTION DESIGNER. A B