Direção de arte cinematográfica : a relação da formação com o processo criativo

Abstract

This monograph consists in a survey related to the different academic formations – or the absence of them – of Brazilian art directors acting in live-action cinema e how it influences the creative process of these professionals. To this analysis, it was necessary to understand cinema considering art direction as part of the making of the movie; and understand cinematographic art direction as a role that requires a look not only to accomplish a task but also to the process of creating narratives, an imaginary and a view of that fictional world. Understanding the importance of the art department, a cut was made through the Cinema graduation courses in the city of Rio de Janeiro, those who have disciplines related to the art department, to investigate the syllabus and workload to understand how this knowledge is offered in the universities. To finish, the analysis and comparison of their methodologies and their relation with academic formation made through interviews with works on the field, where some particularities were perceived to elaborate the creation process. From this point, a qualitative investigation is made in order to bring reflections about the academic formation of the art director to stimulate students and future professionals to study concepts e techniques of cinematographic art direction.