• Interviews/Podcasts,  Movies/Entertainment

    Interview…Legendary Production Designer Derek R. Hill on Optimism, Opportunity and Cinematic World-Building

    If there’s a trade in the entertainment business that has literally been everywhere and done everything, it is Production Design. You probably know some of the greats. But Peter Lamont, Arthur Max, Rock Carter, Sir Ken Adams, and their colleagues do more than build sets…they build worlds. And there’s more to it than putting up walls and laying floors. There’s location scouting, building/buying and decorating, working with budgets, and scheduling everything in the prodcution to make magic just in time for the cameras to start rolling. Over the years you get good by listening, being an active contributor, and keeping lessons learned close to heart. But every now and then,…