Overview
John DeCuir, Jr. shares the five critical elements that a production designer uses to create the narrative environment of a film. These are called the Five Pillars of Design: Connectivity, the Story Biosphere, Virtual Reality, Historical Journey, and Harmonics and Creative Intuition.
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Taught by John DeCuir, Jr.
John DeCuir, Jr. has worked as a film production designer for many films including Ghostbusters, Cleopatra, Hello Dolly, Taming of the Shrew, Muppet Vision 3D, and Top Gun. He was also a Disney designer, who, as a part of Imagineering, designed the EPCOT World Showcase and the iconic EPCOT ball. He teaches Production Design at Asbury.
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Online majors include Digital Content Creation and Instructional Design & Media.
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