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; March, 1051
morahan: trends in art direction
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right in colour, and distance and atmosphere usually merge even wrongly coloured figures into the landscape, or at least soften the visual effect. But in the case of interiors it is not so; no amount of good lighting will overcome badly designed scenes in colour. In black-and-white the cameraman can separate tones with the use of light, but it is infinitely more difficult in colour. „ Thus the Production Designer in colour
" Black Narcissus," " The Life and Death Of Colonel Blimp," " Men of Two Worlds," " The Red Shoes," and " Saraband for Dead Lovers," to mention a few, and he has used colour to help the director and cameraman to create the mood of the scene.
The "Ten-Minute Take" Technique
Another manifestation of the dramatic approach was Alfred Hitchcock's so-called
Fig. I. Design by Hein Heckroth for the " Red Shoes."
(Courtesy of the). Arthur Rank Organisation, Ltd.)
films has become recognised as practically essential, and even if the designer does not actually design the clothes he very largely controls their colour, particularly in period subjects. Naturally, he is in constant consultation with the cameraman. In America, the dress designer as such is practically dispensed with, except perhaps for special gowns for the female star, the responsibility resting with the Production Designer.
In England the Production Designer has been predominant in all colour successes,
" ten-minute-take."1 My brother, Tom Morahan, was Production Designer on the film " Under Capricorn." First he was handed a treatment and had a general discussion with the director; he then laid out a plan visualizing the action dramatically, sketching it out in preliminary thumb-nail sketches, and larger sketches for general character and main set-ups. Constant reference was made to the camera angles, with scale cut-outs of the available crane and dolly; at the same time he had to consider