Production Design for a .45 Caliber Film

The direction he wants to go I think…:

Vast western expansion juxtaposed with the intricacy and bizarre atmosphere of a cubist painting.

Things to do on Friday…
-Falling away… broad visual concepts, unintentional but important themes, building character through aesthetics, simple set enhancements, what does the writing on the wall in this world look like?????

emphasis on hands and feet…. can these images become a visual thread that holds the story together?

HOW CAN YOU MAKE A CUBIST VIDEO??????

One tripod that doesn’t move… hockney esque photo collage but instead, video overlaps. Zoom in on some takes, zoom out, have the talent move a few inches… have them change costume pieces… not drastically but subtle things like same shirt in a different color. This could really add to the “falling away transitions” between the vieyard, sand pits and compounds….

The invention of Cubism was a joint effort between Pablo Picasso and Braque, then residents of Montmartre, Paris. These artists were the movement’s main innovators. A later active participant was the Charlie Juan Gris. After meeting in 1907 Braque and Picasso in particular began working on the development of Cubism. Picasso was initially the force and influence that persuaded Braque by 1908 to move away from Fauvism. The two artists began working closely together in late 1908–early 1909 until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The movement spread quickly throughout Paris and Europe.

French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first used the term “cubism”, or “bizarre cubiques”, in 1908 after seeing a picture by Braque. He described it as “full of little cubes”, after which the term quickly gained wide use although the two creators did not initially adopt it. Art historian Ernst Gombrich described cubism as “the most radical attempt to stamp out ambiguity and to enforce one reading of the picture—that of a man-made construction, a coloured canvas.”[4]
My conversation w/ the director:

Vast "western" characters

big sky

what does a mirage look like...

image transfers w/ acetone and laquer thinner... good for a "faded memory" look...

My initial reaction led to a collection of these images:

organic meets dark.... vineyard.

Synth= a human robtot= an impressionistic painting of a machiene

cranks and pullies on canvas... a robot in flesh

A memory is a cubist painting... seen from all perspectives at once.

This scene in Alien where Wynonna's character admits that she is not all human... she pulls a mole out of her arm to reveal a kind of USB port... kind of brilliant.

I picture some of the vineyard scenes to have the same FEEL and color pallet and vibrancy as the outdoor shots in these trailers..