Is working in film and TV as a production designer different?
Alfred: Yeah. MI.net: How’s it different? Alfred: In television the creator of the show is the person who you…for money and stuff, it’s obviously the studio, but ultimately the creator of the show is the visionary of the show. So you need to make sure his vision and characters are in the right environment. It’s ultimately his show; he created these characters. It’s the strength of that, you know. In movies, the director has more power. So you work with the director, and the director has more say. In movies it’s different; directors wield more power. But in television series it’s the creator of the series who has the power. Which is rightly so because the directors come and go every week. The writers, it’s like their children. It’s like theatre. MI.net: Do the directors have any say in the sets? Alfred: Yeah. They have say when we go scouting. The directors are always with us. He’s got to be happy with the location. The director has to be happy with the location. Rob has to be happy w
