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Production Design & the Cinematic Home

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Authors:
  1. Jane Barnwell

    1. Harrow Campus, University of Westminster, Middlesex, UK

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  • Explores the notion of the home on screen from the perspective of the production designer
  • Gives insight on the creative process through interviews with production designers, process documentation and artwork
  • Offers a methodology for the analysis of production design that stems from professional practice

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Production Design and the Cinematic Home

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 1-22

  3. Vertical Hierarchy and the Home in Parasite (2019, Dir. Bong Joon Ho, PD Lee Ha-Jun)

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 23-44

  4. Racial Prejudice, the Ghosts of Colonialism and Spatial Segregation in Get Out (2017, Jordan Peele, PD Rusty Smith)

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 45-65

  5. Returning Home: How the Byers’ Home in Stranger Things (2016—Duffer Brothers, PD Chris Trujillo) Reflects Narrative and Character Interior Landscape

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 67-87

  6. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001, Sharon Maguire, PD Gemma Jackson): A Wild Unconventional Space Bursting with Potential

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 89-110

  7. Secret Homes: How Are the Themes of Espionage Reflected in the Construction of Home in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011, Tomas Alfredson, PD Maria Djurkovic)?

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 111-128

  8. Finding Your Way Through the Maze: Navigating the Public and Private Spaces of Downing Street in Darkest Hour (2017 Joe Wright, PD Sarah Greenwood)

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 129-150

  9. The Hero’s Journey: The Quest for Home in Paddington 2 (2017, Dir. Paul King, PD Gary Williamson)

    • Jane Barnwell
    Pages 151-170

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 171-174
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About this book

This book uses in-depth case studies to explore the significance of the design of the home on screen. The chapters draw widely upon the production designer’s professional perspective and particular creative point of view. The case studies employ a methodology Barnwell has pioneered for the analysis of production design called Visual Concept Analysis, which can be used as a key to decode the design of any given film. Through the nurturing warmth of the Browns’ home in Paddington, the ambiguous boundaries of secret service agent homes in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the ‘singleton’ space occupied by Bridget Jones, Barnwell demonstrates that the domestic interior consistently plays a key role. Whether used as a transition space, an ideal, a catalyst for change or a place to return to, these case studies examine the pivotal nature of the home in storytelling and the production designers’ significance in its creation. The book benefits from interviews with production designers and artwork that provides insight on the creative process.



Reviews

“It is precisely because of this fascinating paradox … that Barnwell chose the cinematic home as the subject for her book. … Nice how Barnwell takes the time to examine the films discussed … . While reading you get very excited to watch masterpieces like Parasite and Get Out (again), and to go on a journey of discovery yourself with the production design glasses on. If you learn one thing from reading this book, it's that almost every feature film deserves such an intensive house search.” (Kevin Tom, de Volkskrant, volkskrant.nl, August 10, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Harrow Campus, University of Westminster, Middlesex, UK

    Jane Barnwell

About the author

Dr Jane Barnwell is Reader in Moving Image at the University of Westminster, UK. She is the author of Production Design for Screen: Visual Storytelling in Film and TV (2017), Production Design: Architects of the screen (2004) and The Fundamentals of Film Making (2008).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Production Design & the Cinematic Home

  • Authors: Jane Barnwell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90449-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90448-7Published: 11 May 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90451-7Published: 12 May 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90449-4Published: 10 May 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Film and TV Production, Arts, Close Reading

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