In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers. Vice President Fiona Donovan APDG interviews production designer and APDG member Sam Hobbs about the film Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan. […]
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Scott Bird APDG, designer of the recently released film Escape from Pretoria in conversation with emerging designer, Courtney Westbrook. In relation to the film Escape from Pretoria, how did you find your way into the world of the apartheid era in South Africa? Do you have methods that assist research on this film and others? […]
Isabel Hudson is an award-winning set and costume designer and a NIDA alumna. Isabel won both the 2019 and 2018 Sydney Theatre Award, Best Stage Design of an Independent Production for her work on American Psycho the Musical and Cry-Baby at Hayes Theatre Co. Her designs include Farnace directed by Mark Gaal at Pinchgut Opera, […]
APDG Members Alex Holmes production designer of The Babadook (2014) and The Nightingale (2018) and Katie Sharrock set decorator of Mad-Max: Fury Road (2015) and Ladies in Black (2018) worked on the recently released The Invisible Man. In this interview, Alex gives members insight into the creation of the ‘invisible’ suit, scouting and building the […]
This is the fourth interview in a series with emerging female live performance designers. In this interview APDG member Antoinette Barbouttis interviews Melanie Liertz – about designing and making for theatre, opera, film, dance and circus. Melanie’s work ranges from designing Captain Hook’s Pirate Party (Sydney Opera House), to the war-ravaged set for Sport for […]
Fiona Donovan APDG speaks with Jacqui Schofield, production designer of ‘The Egg’. In relation to the film ‘The Egg’ that you so beautifully designed, how did you find your way into the world of the short film? Jane Cho’s script was so beautifully evocative and thought through, it was hard not to fall into […]
GRAND VISIONS: MICHAEL SCOTT MITCHELL ON EVENT DESIGN In this conversation with Michael Scott Mitchell we decide to focus on his work as an events designer. The APDG represents event designers, and celebrates their work at the APDG Awards, but it is an area of design that gets less airplay than screen and live performance design. […]
SHERREE PHILIPS Sherree, what led you to working on Babyteeth? I had worked previously with Alex White (Producer) Art Directing a Halloween commercial back in 2016 for MandM’s. Unsure how I got on that one – but we just hit it off like, we had been friends and collaborators for years. Alex emailed me the […]
The film Babyteeth was a hit at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. Variety described it as “The most youthful and surprising entry in this year’s Venice competition, “Babyteeth” arrives fully formed in its bite”. In this fascinating double interview APDG members Laurie Verling and Laura Anna Lucas (who both interned on the film) interview Costume Designer Amelia Greber and […]
Costume designer Xanthe Heubel describes her work on the gothic tale, Lambs of God. As the costume designer of the mini-series “Lambs of God”, how did you find your way into the world of the series? Sarah Lambert’s scripts were incredibly rich and evocative and provided endless opportunities for research and visual exploration. After reading the […]