The Art and Architecture of Motion Picture is a must study in filmmaking which I am yet to see in the curricula of any film school or film academy in Nigeria.
The foremost Nigerian expert is Prof. David Olatunde Aradeon who designed the movie sets for "Bullfrog in the Sun", the film adaptation of Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed novels, "Things Fall Apart" and 'No Longer at Ease" directed by Hansjürgen Pohland and Produced by Francis Oladele in 1971.
Prof. Aradeon is to Nigerian Architecture what Prof. Wole Soyinka is to Nigerian literature. He is the greatest and most accomplished Nigerian architect.
The following is a must read for filmmakers, film students, film scholars, artists, architects and students of art and architecture.
The Art Of Movie Spaces
Oct 14, 2020
Think about a movie you love. Chances are you also love—or can at least vividly call to mind—the spaces in it. Can you see the main character’s bedroom? Kitchen? Living room? More often than we realize, the design of such spaces is densely packed with emotional information.
Perhaps no one is more keenly aware of this than Boryana Ilieva. For years now, the Bulgarian movie lover and architecturally minded artist has been exploring great design in great films, with great dedication to boot. Her exquisite Floor Plan Croissant project is an ever-expanding series of meticulous watercolors depicting the intimate residential spaces of beloved films like Parasite (whose production designer was the Oscar-nominated Lee Ha Jun), Roma (Oscar-nominated production designer Eugenio Caballero), and Call Me by Your Name (production designer Samuel Deshors). From film footage alone, Boryana draws then paints precise, vivid layouts. Her pieces are so evocative that the movies start playing in your mind.
Continue reading on https://aframe.oscars.org/features/the-art-of-movie-spaces?utm_source=newsletter
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