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1、TheArtDirectionHandbookforFilmMichaelRizzoAmsterdamBostonHeidelbergLondonNewYorkOxfordParisSanDiegoSanFranciscoSingaporeSydneyTokyoCHAPTER2TheResponsibilities,TheRelationships,andtheSetupHIERARCHYOFRESPONSIBILITIESFirstResponsibilitiesAnartdirector’sinitialrelationshiptotheproductiondesi

2、gnerisasintenseandshort-livedasmostfilmprojectrelationships.Anyonewhohasexperi-encedsummercampasachildunderstandsthisdynamic.Firstencountersonanewfilmprojectaredrivenbythepersonalneedtoestablishasenseofbelongingtoaspecialgroup,yourdepartment,andapoliticalneedtodefineone’splaceinthepsycholog

3、icalhierarchyofthefilm.Thebondbetweentheprimeartdepartmentfigureheads—thePDandtheAD—isforgedbythesehumanforcesandcompelstheartdirectortofulfillfirstresponsibilities.HowdoesanartdirectorrepaythefavorofbeinghiredbythePD?Theartdirectorbeginsbyactingasacredibleemissaryforthepartnership.Bybeingre

4、sponsibletotheproductiondesigner,youarealsobeingresponsibletoyourself.Ascodependentasthismightsound,itremainsasakeyfactorcontributingtotheeffectivenessoftheposition.First,theartdepartmentbudgetdemandsthis.Thesetbudget,linkedtothevisualshoppinglistofthescript,isanoutlineofhowthefundstorea

5、lizethevisualconceptwillbespent.AgoodartdirectordefendsaPD’svisionbymanagingthebudgetwiththeindispensablehelpoftheconstructioncoordinatorbystrategizinghowthefundsaredispersedoverthesetlist(see“TheRelationships,”thischapter.)TheunitproductionmanagerorUPM,theproducer,andtheheadaccountantar

6、ealsoanintegralpartofthisprocess.Theyaregivencopiesofthesetlistandbudget,andtheyareconstantlykeptwithintheloopofsetchangesanddevelopments.TheultimategoalhereistopreservethevisualconceptasmuchaspossiblewithoutgoingoverbudgetorrelinquishingthePD’soriginalideasintheprocess.Second,yourproduc

7、tiondesigneralsoreliesonyoursupportasanally.Mostsituationswilldemandthis:youareonlocationinEurope,andyouare2122TheArtDirectionHandbookforFilmpresentedwithconflictinginformationregardingtheexactplacementofanexterior,woodedescarpmentforshootingaseriesofimportantscriptshots.T