PRODUCTION DESIGN CASE STUDY:
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2015
DIRECTOR: George Miller WRITER: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Seale EXEC. PRODUCER: Bruce Berman, Graham Burke GENRE: ACTION / POST-APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Colin Gibson STORYLINE: An apocalyptic story set in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed and fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. The other is Furiosa: a woman who believes her path to survival may be across the desert in her childhood homeland. Both must face a fanatic army, led by a psychotic megalomaniac, in their way. |