the look of blade runner Flashcards
for the visual influences for the film ridley scott was taken by a french comic called
heavy metal
ridley wanted to create the compacted urbanism of one artist
moeblus
what is compacted urbanism
environment,food stalls,pollution
visual influences for the film- angus mckee was in charge of
scalar exaggeration- feels like the buildings go on forever
scott was also interested in the painters such as
hogarth and vermeer
who was a further influence (dutch influencer)
jacob riis
riis’ photographs showed
subterranean(below ground)
production design- the aesthetic (look)of the film
syd mead,doug trumbull,jordan cronenweth
what did syd mead do
retrofitting or upgrading old machinery
what was doug trumbull for
special effects - power of techno phobia
who was jordan cronenweth used for
cinematography
what did jordan use
venetian blind effect(looks like prison bars)
set design- laurence paul was a production designer it represented
a typical american retrofitting, 80s punk, smoking,shoulder pads
