{"id":27879,"date":"2025-05-22T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27879"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:22:31","slug":"deep-dive-production-design-with-may-davies","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/oud\/en\/product\/deep-dive-production-design-with-may-davies\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Dive Production Design with May Davies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"product-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27879\" class=\"elementor elementor-27879 elementor-27856\" data-elementor-post-type=\"product\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34adabd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34adabd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2eb2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2eb2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May Davies worked on the newest season of\u00a0<em>Black Mirror<\/em>, <em>Landscapers<\/em> (starring Olivia Colman) and <em>Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em> (with Dutch co-producer <a href=\"https:\/\/keyfilm.nl\/en\/\">KeyFilm<\/a>). In this Deep Dive Davies will delve into her <strong>practical guide for\u00a0low budget art departments<\/strong> alongside case studies from her portfolio with a small group of participants. As a participant you will also bring examples of your own work, give and receive feedback, and learn the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts of production design and art direction from Davies.\u00a0<\/p><p>This Deep Dive is in a small group and workshop setting, so that there&#8217;s plenty of time to look at every participants&#8217; case study. We ask you to send the following information beforehand:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Synopsis of your project<\/li><li>What stage is your project currently in?<\/li><li>Your job or discipline<\/li><li>Which questions and challenges would you like to tackle?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9890f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9890f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">who is may davies?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68a26c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e68a26c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May Davies is a British production designer and art director for television and cinema. After her studies at Oxford Brookes University and London Film School Davies was part of\u00a0<em>Berlinale Talents Production Design Studio.\u00a0<\/em>Recently she worked on Rebekah Fortune\u2019s\u00a0<em>Learning to Breathe Under Water\u00a0<\/em>(with Dutch co-producer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/keyfilm.nl\/nl\/\">KeyFilm<\/a>), Elizabeth Sankey\u2019s documentary\u00a0<em>Witches<\/em>\u00a0(BIFA Best Documentary winner, MUBI release) and Hansal Mehta\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Buckingham Murders.\u00a0<\/em>As art director Davies worked on an episode of the latest\u00a0<em>Black Mirror<\/em>\u00a0season and\u00a0<em>Landscapers<\/em>\u00a0(starring Olivia Colman) which won a TV BAFTA for production design.<\/p><p>Davies has also been actively involved in making the sector more diverse and inclusive. She wrote a practical guide for low budget art departments\u00a0and works with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/signalfilmandmedia.com\/\">Signal Film and Media<\/a>\u00a0to make cinema more accessible and inclusive.<\/p><p>Davies is mentor at the BFI Film Academy, UAL and BAFTA, British Film Designers Guild and an active member of The Production Designers\u2019 Collective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9aa97c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9aa97c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">what will this deep dive look like?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5341a83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5341a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this Deep Dive participants will work extensively with production design and art direction, by presenting their own work for analysis and feedback. They will bring case studies and prepare questions beforehand to discuss them together with the other participants and May Davies.<\/p><p>Themes that could be addressed are pitching for work, creating concepts, making moodboards to communicate your plans, illustrations or 3D models, team sizes of art departments, budgetting, and working on set vs working on location. Participants are welcomed and encouraged to think of themes to discuss.<\/p><p>For this Deep Dive it is important to read the <strong>practical guide for low budget art departments<\/strong> that May Davies wrote beforehand. This will be sent by email to the participants at least a week before the Deep Dive takes place. The guide will also be available in print format on the day itself.<\/p><p>Through this guide we look at questions like: how can you realise your plans with a smaller budget? What can you keep in mind as a production designer or art director?\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7527b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7527b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">planning (subject for change)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f333e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1f333e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>In the morning<br \/><\/b><\/p><ul><li><p>Presentation of case studies from May Davies&#8217; portfolio in production design and art direction, from short to longer films and productions with a small to big budget.<\/p><\/li><li>Group discussions in teams, put together on the day itself according to themes that arise<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Lunch break\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Vegetarian lunch is included<\/p><p><b>In the afternoon<br \/><\/b><\/p><ul><li><p>Presentation of the <strong>practical guide for low budget art departments<\/strong>, plus questions that arise from reading the guide<\/p><\/li><li><p>Practical group discussion part two<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f76531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f76531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">who is this deep dive for?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2743c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2743c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Production designers, art directors, writers, directors and producers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd8cc59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd8cc59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">practical information <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e795f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e795f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday 3 July 2025<\/li><li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10h00 to 16h00<\/li><li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0MACA, Ms. van Riemsdijkweg 61, Amstedam<\/li><li><strong>Costs Deep Dive incl. vegetarian lunch and ticket<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Masterclass:<\/strong> \u20ac 125,- excl. 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