PRODUCTION DESIGN CASE STUDY:
(ALIEN) PROMETHEUS
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2012
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott WRITER: Joe Spaihts, Damon Lindelof CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dariusz Wolski EXEC. PRODUCER: Michael Costigan, Michael Ellenberg GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION / HORROR PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Arthur Max STORYLINE: Following ancient clues to the origin of mankind, a team, funded by a reclusive head of a massive technology company, finds a structure on a distant moon. They travel there expecting to meet the architects and engineers of humanity, but they soon realize those engineers may not welcome their creations -- and that humanity isn't the only lifeform they created. |