http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/awards/art-directors-guild-honors-production-designers-for-hugo-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-harry-potter/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/art-directors-guild-honors-production-designers-for-hugo-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-harry-potter/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:58:42 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=25006 Hugo, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 won top prizes in the three feature film categories at the 16^th annual Art Directors Guild “Excellence in Production Design” dinner held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Saturday night.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/art-directors-guild-honors-production-designers-for-hugo-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-harry-potter/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/the-descendants-featurette/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/the-descendants-featurette/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:49:24 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24876 Fox Searchlight, The Descendants’ production designer Jane Stewart and costume designer Wendy Chuck discuss their work on the film. Stewart has been nominated for a contemporary film award from the Art Directors Guild.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/the-descendants-featurette/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/john-shaffner-elected-chair-of-art-directors-council/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/john-shaffner-elected-chair-of-art-directors-council/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:53:01 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24544 John Shaffner has been elected to a three-year term as chair of the Art Directors Council, effective immediately, replacing Thomas A. Walsh, who continues in the position of president of the overall Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800). Shaffner was formerly vice-chair of the council, a position now filled by Corey Kaplan. Also elected to the Art Directors Council was Jack Fisk. The ADG has four craft councils: Art Directors; Scenic, Title & Graphic Artists; Set Designers & Model Makers, and Illustrators & Matte Artists.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/john-shaffner-elected-chair-of-art-directors-council/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:51:14 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24336 Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came to Los Angeles, the city of cars, to make a film filled with some of the most authentic and exciting car chase sequences seen on the screen in years.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-production-designer-stuart-craig-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-production-designer-stuart-craig-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:57:37 +0000 Leslie Lindeman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24026 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone debuted and now production designer Stuart Craig closes the eight-volume book on the series, an “octalogy,” in fact, having designed every movie in the series including 2011’s finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-production-designer-stuart-craig-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-production-designer-dante-ferretti-hugo/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-production-designer-dante-ferretti-hugo/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:56:12 +0000 Leslie Lindeman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24029 Dante Ferretti spent a lot of time in movie theaters watching Ben Hur, Cleopatra and spaghetti Westerns. So it’s with visions of a Cinema Paradiso childhood that my first question for the master designer is, “When you were young…” “I’m still young,” he snaps. Then he laughs.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-production-designer-dante-ferretti-hugo/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-%e2%80%93-production-designer-jess-gonchor-moneyball/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-%e2%80%93-production-designer-jess-gonchor-moneyball/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:49:02 +0000 Leslie Lindeman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23956 Moneyball is not really a baseball movie, rather, a character study, if we don’t buy the realism of the world of Major League Baseball, the movie’s foundation is suddenly shaky. Production designer Jess Gonchor knew this the first time he toured the Oakland Atheltics’ team facilities. He also knew he wouldn’t be able to shoot there. Or on the A’s baseball field. Or in any of seven other ballparks where various key scenes take place.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-%e2%80%93-production-designer-jess-gonchor-moneyball/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:59:18 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23534 Rise of the Planet of the Apes tells an origin story that lays the foundation for the mythology of the first Planet of the Apes film, which takes place 3,000 years in the future. The success of the current film hinges on the believability of the main character, Caesar, a chimpanzee played by a human, that has been visually and audibly created using the most advanced techniques in filmmaking.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/the-artist-black-and-white-dreams/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/the-artist-black-and-white-dreams/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:59:07 +0000 Michelle Paradis http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23528 BTL Screening Series hosted a screening of The Artist, Jan. 4 in Los Angeles, followed by a Q&A with some of the film’s key below-the-line talent. The film is an endlessly charming film dizzy with expressive, lovely imagery. Michel Hazanavicius (writer/ director/ editor) commanded an impressive team to create the dazzling spectacle of a world filled with silks, furs, Marcel waves, and bold lipstick: costume designer Mark Bridges, makeup artist Julie Hewett, and hair stylist Cydney Cornell.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/the-artist-black-and-white-dreams/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/adg-announces-nominations-for-excellence-in-production-design/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/adg-announces-nominations-for-excellence-in-production-design/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:58:54 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23543 Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced nominations in nine categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the ADG's 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2011. The nominations were announced by ADG president Thomas A. Walsh and Awards co-producers Tom Wilkins and Greg Grande.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/adg-announces-nominations-for-excellence-in-production-design/feed/ 0