Project
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CINEMATIC DESIGN ODYSSEY: DISSECTING
A FUTURE IN FILM
& DESIGN
Year
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2024
Category
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Industrial Designer
Researcher
Film maker
Prop maker
Set designer
Costume designer
Cinematographer
Director
Synopsis
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Cinematic Design Odyssey explores the intersection of Industrial Design and filmmaking, examining the skills, challenges, and opportunities in blending these fields. Through research, interviews, and personal reflection, the project culminates in a short sci-fi film that integrates design principles into cinematic storytelling, showcasing adaptability, collaboration, and the potential for a career bridging both disciplines.
Presentation
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Cinematic Design Odyssey & Project Vulcan
Project Vulcan is the culmination of my skills as an Industrial Designer aiming to bridge my career into the film industry. The short film is the end product of my Industrial Design Honours project Cinematic Design Odyssey: Dissecting a Future in Film & Design. In this project I analysed and broke down the skills involved in working within the film industry. Undertaking comprehensive historical analysis of Design and Film, conducting expert interviews with people in the Australian film space and imparting my own experiences with working in the industry, led me down a path of exploring how I can bring my skills as an industrial designer together, creating a detailed and high quality short film that encompasses many processes, techniques and ability to work in many roles and under a tight timeframe.
Process
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The production behind making a film
This project was an extremely large undertaking, and encompassed nearly all aspects of designing for film. I had to come up with a story, then design props, sets and characters to interact within the bounds of this story. Using a number of different processes and methods I have learned as my time as an Industrial Designer and exposure to the industry, I was able to not only able to design things for a film, but tell a story through the design of each piece. Then using my filmmaking skills as a Cinematographer, Director & Production Designer I managed to bring together a team of people to shoot a short film that is meant to represent the culmination of my skills as a Designer trying to make their way into the film industry.
