What certificate was GOT given?
- Games of thrones was the certificate 15 and then 13 of the episodes were given 18 for strong bloody violence.
- The series has strong language, sex, violence, sexual violence, nudity, threat and horror.
- There are many scenes with mass amounts of violence and threat.
How did they arrive at this decision?
- The episodes that are given an 18 because there are too many strong and ghaury images to be acceptable at 15 to watch.
- There are also scenes that are too violent and bloody for a 15, so they felt strongly about making it an 18. There is a lot of blood, bodily organs creates a huge feel of bloody violence.
In conversation: production designer Pat Campbell podcast -
1. What does the role of production designer entail?
A production designer is responsible for the overall look of a production. The design, feel and atmosphere of it. They start very early in the production with the director. A lot of discussions happen with the director and production designer about locations, building set, the look of the atmosphere and so on. A production designer doesn't have authority over anyone however they work together with everyone to achieve a common look or range of designs.
2. During a production, which other members of the production and which other areas of the production does the production designer co-ordinate with?
The production designer works with Set designer, costume designer, DOP (lighting). Depending on the project they may or may not be involved with the director and writer etc. There are so many different roles in the art department that the production designer are in contact with.
3.What issues with locations can occur during the production of a TV drama?
They want to use the real locations. However they are huge tourist locations so they had to match these locations with more accessible ones. There are a lot of location scouts too achieve the visual look that they want.
4.What skills, education and experience is it beneficial for a production designer to have?
A production designer must have a creative and very visual and creative eye. Having as much work experience as possible the better. It is a very hard field to get into and understand the many different areas of the graphic, props, construction, costume, makeup and production. An artistic background is very useful and being able to draw and draft by hand or computer. Try and get onto training courses as it is a very difficult business to get into. Offer to volunteer or ask to watch filming on sets. Just getting a better understand of the field you want to work in.
5.During the production process itself, where are the working locations that a production designer tends to work and how do these relate to the actual filming of the TV drama?
The production designer sketches images of the location they would want to work in. When filming takes place the production designer is not on set and they move onto another location or back to the workshop. Being a production designer no days are the same.
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