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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Pre-Production Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Clarification | |
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| Some History: Wilfred Buckland | |
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| Past Changes | |
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| Present Changes | |
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| Digital Competition | |
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| Typecasting: A Fuller Picture | |
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| Two Paths | |
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| Design Managers: The Lifers | |
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| Production Designers-in-Embryo | |
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| The Responsibilities, The Relationships, and the Setup | |
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| Hierarchy of Responsibilities | |
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| First Responsibilities | |
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| Second Responsibilities | |
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| Third Responsibilities | |
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| Fourth Responsibilities | |
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| The Relationships | |
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| Art Department | |
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| Interdepartmental PR | |
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| Head Accountant and Staff | |
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| Locations Manager and Staff | |
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| UPM, Production Supervisor, and Production Office Staff | |
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| First Assistant Director and Staff | |
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| Previsualization Supervisor and Staff | |
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| Art Department Setup | |
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| Art Department Coordinator | |
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| Archivist | |
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| Digital Artists | |
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| Set Designers | |
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| Set Decorator | |
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| Greensman | |
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| Prop Master | |
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| Construction Coordinator | |
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| Mechanical Special Effects | |
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| Stunts | |
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| Visual Effects and Previsualization | |
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| Transportation | |
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| The Design Process | |
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| Locations Department and Scouting | |
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| First Scouts | |
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| Second Scouts | |
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| Third Scouts | |
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| Fourth Scouts | |
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| Fifth Scouts | |
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| Beginning the Design Process | |
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| Research | |
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| Storyboarding | |
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| Animatics | |
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| Concept Illustrating | |
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| Computer Modeling | |
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| White Models | |
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| Hand Drafting | |
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| Designing for the Lens | |
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| Lenses 101 | |
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| Aspect Ratio | |
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| Perspective 101 | |
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| Lens Test | |
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| A Legacy of Historical Techniques | |
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| Painted Glass | |
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| Gate Matting | |
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| The process Camera | |
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| Traveling Mattes | |
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| Miniatures | |
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| Hanging Foreground Miniature | |
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| Foreground Miniature | |
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| Cutouts: A Variation on Miniatures | |
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| Forced Perspective | |
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| Mobile Miniatures | |
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| Front Projection | |
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| Rear Projection and Mirrors | |
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| CGI and Digital Filmmaking | |
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| Breaking Ground | |
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| Conversations on the Visionary Frontier | |
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| Alex McDowell | |
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| Colin Green | |
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| Doug Chiang | |
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| The Cutting Edge | |
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| The Physical Scenery Process: Construction | |
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| Interior Sets | |
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| Exterior Sets | |
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| Vendors | |
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| Studio Facilities | |
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| Rental Backings | |
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| Industry Source Listings | |
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| Mechanical Effects: A Practical Guide | |
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| Clarification | |
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| Specialty Props and Animatronics | |
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| Production and Post-Production Processes | |
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| Paperwork and Production Tasks | |
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| The Onset of Principal Photography | |
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| Production Meetings | |
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| The Schedule and Lists | |
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| Script Breakdown | |
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| One-Liner Schedule | |
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| Shooting Schedule | |
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| Day Out of Days | |
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| Call Sheet | |
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| Cell Phone and Pager List | |
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| Director's Plans | |
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| Art Department Production Tasks | |
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| Clearances and Product Placement | |
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| Keeping Ahead of the Camera | |
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| On-Set Presence | |
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| Cover Sets | |
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| Communication with the Trinity | |
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| Telling the Truth | |
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| Art Department Tactical Strategy | |
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| Handling Changes | |
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| Vendors | |
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| Minding the Budget | |
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| Keeping a Chronicle | |
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| Protecting the Crew | |
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| Post-Production | |
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| Finishing Up | |
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| Archiving | |
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| Wrapping the Art Department | |
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| Wrapping Hero Sets | |
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| Re-shoots | |
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| Sequels | |
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| Landing the Next Job or Taking a Vacation | |
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| Networking and Self-Promotion | |
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| Interviewing | |
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| The Networking Process | |
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| Gae Buckley | |
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| Phil Dagort | |
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| Steve Saklad | |
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| Christa Munro | |
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| Linda Berger | |
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| Paying Dues | |
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| FAQS | |
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| Non-Union vs. Union Status | |
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| Making the Grade or Not | |
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| Designing Indie Films | |
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| Production Value = Budget + Scheduling | |
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| Budget | |
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| Schedule | |
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| Image and Format | |
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| Securing CG Talent | |
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| The Art Directors Guild | |
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| Classes of Membership | |
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| Initiation Fee and Dues | |
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| The Roster | |
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| Taft-Hartley | |
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| Training | |
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| Basic Collective Bargaining Agreement Selected Provisions | |
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| The New Paradigm in Experimental Film | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Reference and Source Lists | |
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| Contracts | |
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| Forms | |
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| Production Lists | |
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| Figure and Table List | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |