PD-REN is pleased to announce their inaugural conference, hosted by University of Westminster. This conference brings together an exciting combination of ideas from both industry and academia to provide insight into current practice and suggest approaches to production design research and pedagogies into the future.
Researchers, educators, practitioners and students are all welcome!
9.30am: Coffee and registration
10am: Conference Welcome and opening
Jane Barnwell and Jo Briscoe (PD-REN co-founders)
10.20am: PANEL – Pedagogy
Moira Tait and Eli Bø in Conversation
11.15am: Pedagogical Approaches
The Invisible Art of Production Design – Jette Lehmann, The Danish Film School
Analogue Origins: The Importance of Pens and Paper in Production Design Pedagogy – Jon Rowlands, University of Lincoln
‘Wokking-It’ – Ben Simpson, Leeds Arts University
A Global Framework for Teaching PD – Noelle Thomas, DePaul University, USA
Development of Visual Scripts: Visualising Narrative Time – Siri Langdalen, University of Inland Norway and the Norwegian Film School
1pm: Lunch
Posters and displays available to view
2pm: Making the Production Designer Visible
Not Just Great Directors: writing Production Designers Back into Soviet Film History – Ian Christie, Birbeck Institute, London
Designing for High Definition TV 1936-39 – John Wyver, University of Westminster
The British Film Institute Collection – Claire Smith, Senior Curator of Screencraft, BFI and Miriam Phelan, Curator of Screencraft, BFI
3pm: Coffee
NOOR previs demonstration
Will Htay
4pm: Immersion
Intersection of VP and Design Practice – Jorgen Strangebye Larsen, Norwegian Film School
The Spatialisation of Film Narrative Through PD in Immersive Cinema – Jayne Sayer, University of Salford
The Art of The Hollywood Backdrop – Karen Maness, University of Texas
Working with a Visual Artist on a VP Project – Richard Whitby, Ravensbourne University
5.30pm: Education and Publication on Production Design
Jane Barnwell, University of Westminster
6pm: Networking Drinks
About the Organizer:
The Production Design Research and Education Network (PD-REN) is a recently founded network addressing production design’s critical yet overlooked role in film studies and training. By establishing an international network of researchers and educators we are working to enhance understanding of the area and bridge the gap between academia, practice and industry.
