CHAPTER
ART DEPARTMENT
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emove the actors from the set, and everything else you see falls
under the direction of the Art Department. Responsibilities vary accord-
ing to the size and scope of a production, with smaller projects requiring
that one person fill several positions. Those positions include:
· Production Designer: conceptualize and design the project's total
look.
· Art Director: oversee the conversion of artistic vision into physical
reality.
· Assistant Art Director: more than just an assistant, the assistant
art director is assigned responsibility for various areas of the art
director's duties.
· Set Designer: give design input and draft the plans used to build
the set.
· Art Department Coordinator: manages the art department office
and budgets.
· Model Builder: build scale models of sets for approval prior to
construction.
· Construction Coordinator: oversee the carpenters who actually build
the set.
· Set Decorator: create and/or locate all the furnishings necessary to
dress the set.
· Leadman: manage the set dressers.
· Set Dressers/Swing Gang: move, place, pack, and store the set
furnishings.
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