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EP 224 - Production Designer - Alex McDowell - 'Minority Report'
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Alex McDowell, the visionary production designer behind movies like *Fight Club*, *The Crow*, and *Minority Report*, shares his fascinating journey into cinema and the meticulous world-building behind Spielberg's futuristic masterpiece 'Minority Report'.
This episode dives deep into how cinema reflects and predicts societal shifts, featuring insights into collaborating with experts from MIT and corporations like Apple to build a believable future. Discover the challenges faced during production, including the innovative techniques behind iconic scenes like the Spidey sequence and vertical car chase.
Designer. Royal Designer for Industry. Creative director, production designer, professor, world builder. British, living in the US since 1986. McDowell is an advocate and originator of the narrative design system, world building. His practice incorporates design and storytelling across media in education, research, institutions, corporations, entertainment media. &c
He is co-founder & creative director of Experimental Design, Director of the World Building Institute & USC World Building Media Lab, Professor of Cinematic Practice at the University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts, William Cameron Menzies Endowed Chair in Production Design, Associate Professor, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, The Bridge Institute.
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