PRODUCTION DESIGN CASE STUDY:
ALIEN: COVENANT
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2017
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott WRITER: John Logan, Dante Harper CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dariusz Wolski EXEC. PRODUCER: David Giler, Ridley Scott GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION / HORROR PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Chris Seagers STORYLINE: Almost eleven years after the disastrous expedition to the distant moon LV-223, the deep-space colonization vessel Covenant, with more than 2,000 colonists in cryogenic hibernation, is on course for the remote planet Origae-6 with the intention to build a new world. Instead, a rogue transmission entices the crew to a nearby habitable planet which resembles Earth. The unsuspecting crew of the Covenant soon have to face biologically engineered foes beyond human comprehension. Ultimately, what was intended as a peaceful exploratory mission, will soon turn into a descent into a carefully created hell. |