Chapter 1
The architecture of emotion
Chapter 2
Time travel and future building
Chapter 3
The secret language of color and texture
Chapter 4
Practical magic vs. digital green screens
YOUR GOAL
Master of Building worlds out of thin air
Ch 3 · The secret language of color and texture
andy Beachler researched Lesotho, Kenya, and Uganda to combine traditional earth tones and woven textures with glowing blue Vibranium
andy An isometric 3D render illustrates the psychological color shifts from the film Hero.
Fun Fact
Roma's furniture: Eugenio Caballero tracked down and borrowed about 70% of the actual furniture from director Alfonso Cuarón's childhood home.
Glossary
palette (noun)
The range of colors used by a particular artist or in a particular work. William Cameron Menzies curated a vivid palette for the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
The range of colors used by a particular artist or in a particular work. William Cameron Menzies curated a vivid palette for the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
Quiz
Which production designer made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Production Design for Black Panther?
Quiz
Why did Eugenio Caballero have to test paint colors using a digital black-and-white camera filter while designing Roma?
Quiz
What percentage of the furniture in Alfonso Cuarón's childhood home was tracked down and used in the set of Roma?
Quiz
What fictional, glowing blue mineral did Hannah Beachler have to integrate into the traditional architecture of Wakanda in Black Panther?
Quiz
Which European country did Adam Stockhausen use as the primary filming location for the exterior and interior of The Grand Budapest Hotel?
Quiz
In Zhang Yimou's 2002 martial arts epic Hero, how did production designer Huo Tingxiao signal different versions of the same story?
Quiz
In the movie Hero, which color is used to represent the ultimate truth and peace at the end of the film?