On Monday Black Room, part of Black Nights Discovery Campus programme, launches exploring the fundamental craft behind a successful production design - script breakdown. The masterclass course includes lectures, workshops and case studies by production designers Sabine Hviid and Christian Olander, who will share their professional knowledge based on their work on „Another Round” and „Tom of Finland” among other outstanding remarkable production designs.

In addition to the closed events both mentors will also host open lectures accessible online and in Nordic Hotel Forum. Black Room offers two open lectures by this year’s mentors Sabine Hviid and Christian Olander. The time zone of the open lectures is Eastern European Time (EET).

Open lecture by production designer Sabine Hviid
22 November, Monday 14:00 — 15:00

Production designer of „Another Round” and „The Penultimate” discusses method designing as an effective approach to establish the visual language of your project.

Sabine Hviid: „Just like a method actor seeks to encourage an authentic performance through a process of identifying a characters inner life and experiencing being, I believe a similar method can be applied to how one approaches designing a space. A room is nothing without the history and layers of a character. Therefore there is great value in getting to understand those characters, who inhabit your spaces, as deeply as possible. This is how I begin my work on narrative projects.”

Open lecture by production designer Christian Olander
24 November, Wednesday 11:00 — 12:00

Location: Nordic Hotel Forum, room Arcturus and online streaming via Elisa Stage
Production designer of „Tom of Finland” and „The Master Plan” discusses the challenges that continuously evolving and changing script creates for the Art Department and the whole production crew.

Christian Olander: „The script continues to evolve during pre-production and filming. How does the art department deal with all the changes and hurdles that come with script revisions during prep and shooting? How to work with and around the changes? The lecture discusses how the production designer has to adapt during the pre-production location settings with the scripts. The modifications occur often due to the changing shooting schedule or varying budget necessities. The lecture is based on my experiences and focuses on the art department, namely set dressing and props.”

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