Top 10 Production Designs of All Time
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Movies are directed and shot and edited and choreographed, but we can't forget that they're also designed. World building can be clean and simple or massive in scale, but equally important in every movie. These are our picks for 10 of the best production designs in movie history.
The Picks
10 - Heightened - The Grand Budapest Hotel
9 - Naturalistic - Beginners
8 - Horror - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
7 - Sci Fi - Bladerunner and Her
6 - Fantasy - Lord of the Rings
5 - Period - Middle - Fanny and Alexander
4 - Period - Early - Hero
3 - Period - Early 20th Century - Godfather Part 2
2 - Period - Late 20th Century - 4 Way Tie!
- Revolutionary Road, In the Mood for Love, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Master
1 - Contemporary - Roy Andersson's Living Trilogy
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I used to buy all my videogames in that empty department store from Grand Budapest Hotel~
It's right in the center of my hometown
Where exactly is it
Wheres it located? I wanna Google map it
@@tomebener2369 in Görlitz, Germany
@@clintbandura9018 Görlitz, Germany ^^
@@Sen-droit cool, thank you
Me:
Cinefix: *picks In the Mood for love and Hero*
Not even a mention of The Mirror tho
@@Gillty101 I know is there somewhere... theres no cinefix list without Tarkovsky on it.
Got to hunt frame by frame @@dantebad
@@Gillty101 They also forgot Citizen Kane for every category. But let's face it, The Living Trilogy is becoming the new The Mirror of this channel at this point. It's in every single list for some time now.
@@dantebad, of course and naturally there are shots from Andrei Rublev at 12:46
You know it's a good video when Gandalf's in the thumbnail
And Obi Wan is in it
Personally think the production design of children of men is fantastic and fits nicely alongside blade runner and her as a fleshed out, believable future
Thought the exact same thing. The way in which *future* is told through production design is so good.
Agreed. Children of Men was the future, not The Future!
Its comments like yours that makes it so clear to me that different tastes absolutely exist. Its obvious that children of men is one of those extremely overrated movies.
I somehow feel guilty for watching this for free. It feels as if this kind of videos, with it's beautiful quality, awesome writing and incredible knowledge of the matter, should be something to pay for. Thanks for sharing.
what kind of neoliberalista are u!! ure probably from florida...
Does CineFix has merch? I'd buy it
I completely agree! So well made
@@patriciatapia1710 ?
@@elisabeth4912 sorry for insulting florida. You are right.
this made me REALLY want to watch the living trilogy.
Mother's Basement i’ve seen Songs from the Second Floor. It may be the bleakest comedy I’ve ever seen. It can also get a bit boring at parts, but I agree with Cinefix: the production design is insanely good. It’s one of those films you can truly describe as “every frame a painting”.
This video made me dizzy and I had to stop it not even half way. Annoying and pretentious narrator and TERRIBLE
editing.
Songs From the Second Floor is a genuinely superlative picture -- both in terms of its construction and its thematic significance. The other two are ... missable, in my humble opinion. A representation of a director's inability to let the best film he's ever made, stand.
No one:
Cinefix: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE IS PERFECT
Me: Fine, I’ll watch it
prepare to be blown away! ^_^
Couple it with the quasi-sequel, 2046 by the same director. You won't be disappointed.
It really is quite perfect. I thought there was no way it would exceed the very high expectations I had set for it, but it seriously did. Completely blew me away.
Please do. Cinefix blows a lot of air up In The Mood for Love's skirt, but it's all justified. It's really that great.
I had the pleasure of seeing it on 35mm and, my god, the memory of those colors will never leave me.
Correction at 11:43: Barry Lyndon’s production designer is Ken Adam, not Ken Burns. Ken Burns is the documentary guy.
no Ken Adams is the guy who went backpacking across western Europe
Oliver Martin He said Ken Adam, not Ken Adams.
I was so confused.
you must mean Adam Kim the once nonpartisan candidate for District 4 member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California and not the Canadian hockey player Adam Kim.
I'm one of those who tries to watch a movie at least once a day, and everytime I try to pick up one, I end up spending most of the time just choosing it, often checking dozens of lists. Most of the times, I don't even watch the movie, just because I cannot really choose. But I swear, each time I watch a video of yours, with only one goddamned frame, even if I've watched many of the movies you name, you truly make me want to see them all. Thank you for your job, keep it up.
I think Synecdoche New York deserved an honorable mention at least.
I searched for this comment!
I think animation/stop-motion should have had its own category.
I'm so glad Grand Budapest won a Production Design Oscar.
One of my favorite films, I just love looking at it.
Goddamnit, you don’t use a piece of music that beautiful and then fail to tell us WHAT IT IS.
videos like these make me remember the sheer amount of work, time, thought, and effort that go into making film and i find a new appreciation for them all over again.
You do such stylish and comprehensive work with these video essays, highly informative!
In terms of Horror and low budget, I think 'The Descent' deserves some recognition.
Yes, all their setpieces were of rocks and cliffs, but they managed to bring so much life into their movie using only such a simple visual.
The sequel has some creative flare use.
I know it might sound cheesy and silly, but seriously you can't even imagine how much joy and happiness you're bringing me with every video! It's so good! Perfectly structured, great picks from all around the world, amazingly chosen clips, detailed but yet not boring information, very very well done. Keep up the good work, it's worth it :)
This Cinefix episode is one of the most educational about filmmaking I've seen in quite a long time this cinefix should literally be shown in a class at film school... this shows why directors don't achieve great work all in their own they need production designers who are so often the unsung heroes of some of our favorite films.... excellent work displaying what production design is all about....thanks guys
We've watched this video so many times now and it never gets old...we get chills with how well done these are every single time!
I absolutely love how you showcase many examples before your selection. That really brings the videos up a notch!
Awesome video as always! Visuals can be my favourite part of a movie, so I love the fact that you guys made a video on production design. Cheers!
The amount of work invested in these videos it baffles me!!! Congrats!!!
Watching your videos tells me you've done more than shuffle a few "best of" lists together and spitting out a new list. You guys put thought into this.
Very unorthodox listing as always yet very detailed and well-researched, Awesome job again Cinefix, oh, thanks for including my fave movie The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The lord of the rings has been giving me goosebumps for 20 years now...still counting...
Another great list! I’d probably have included Boogie Nights for the late 20th century but I really can’t argue with your picks there either.
This might be the best video of yours yet, just phenomenal work bringing up so many movies I have never watched or even heard of. Just wow
Has to be my most favorite episode yet! Just wonderful. Thank you!
"Her" deserves all the love. An underrated masterpiece.
I love Cinefix and this channel has made me appreciate cinema in a completely new way. I wonder if we could get a similar channel talking about video games one day. Looking at production design of games like Bioshock, Alien: Isolation, Read Dead Redemption, The Witcher. Maybe one day people will look back at them and see Art.
the issue is the lack of the idea of an auteur when it comes to video games
@@pathowgate2544 Not true, there are auteurs in video games industry. Mostly in Japan since they can influence their works much more than in Western industry. I recommend Game Maker's Toolkit channel as they have some very interesting videos about game design. It is pretty much CineFix to video games except they don't rank video games but they talk about unique game design in depth.
Some of my favorite videos from Game Maker's Toolkit are "Ico, and Design by Subtraction", "Deconstructing Ori and the Blind Forest's Best Bit", "The Mechanics of Movement".
@@pathowgate2544 This "issue" is not a big one. Video games and movies are not the same media. Yet, wether or not it's based on a single auteur's vision or huge team of artists, some games are brilliant nonetheless.
@@ducquanbui7023 Thanks! I watched the video about Ori and subscribed. I love this game and the channel's take on it.
Bioshock has to be my number one favorite. The whole world is so cool in its futuristic vintage atmosphere. I need to replay 1 & 2 ASAP. Infinite is breathtakingly beautiful too, but the first two are just ;asdasdjfs;ljfs
Excellent installment. I've always thought Set Designers, and Film Editors, never get enough attention and praise for their absolutely integral part in making a successful film and something that becomes unforgettable and embedded in the memory forever.
Man, I love these videos. You guys are absolutely brilliant!
Bram Stoker's Dracula deserves a mention for many reasons.
Oh yes!
Amen amen amen... Well said... It deserve atleast nomination and honorable mention!!👌👌👌👌👌👌
Great choices! I'm very conscious of production design when I watch a film. I can remember the moment when I realized there was more to a film than actors and a story. I was fifteen, and I was watching Harold and Maude at the local theater. I was particularly struck by the way Hal Ashby had framed each scene.
there are all masterpieces, amazing artistic achievements, and the aesthetics are just breathtaking. so much imagination, vision and work put into each and every one. great vid ty
The variety of movies you cover (many of which I have never heard of) and the breadth of your subject knowledge is incredible. It’s almost like you guys do this for a living. 👍
Excellent list. I'm wondering what you think of animated movies? Kubo and the Two Strings, Coraline, or even The Incredibles have some amazing production design, often with unparalleled practical effects. Perhaps in an upcoming list?
I don't know if it can even count as production design when it's animated, but I agree. I would love for them to dig into the aesthetics of animated movies. I was absolutely blown away by Into The Spider-Verse, and hopefully we're heading into an era of more and more experimental and stylized animated feature films.
I was looking for this as well, either as a category all its own, or at least considered in their respective genres.
@@ze_rubenator Yes, it is still production design. You still have to design all the animated scenery, props, clothes and color palette of the film. There's also cinematography in animation: you still have to create the animated lighting, type of lenses, camera movements etc. There's different people working hard in each of these departments with head chiefs credited as the "production designer" or "cinematographer".
Sleeping Beauty. That is all. One of the most unique, stylistic and beautifully animated films!
@@XiongGou Especially at the beginning of the movie as everyone is arriving to celebrate the birth of Aurora. Disney was striving to make it look as close to 3D as he could. I fell in love with this movie as a little girl & still love it many years later.
Once again, “In the Mood for Love” is featured and my desire to see this film is raised by another 15 points. I think my desire to see this now has a score of 340 out of 10. Damn you, CineFix for bringing awareness of brilliant, thought provoking films into my consciousness!!!
My five favs were either mentioned or won this list. So thrilled at your brilliant choices. Keep up the great content.
Great work on this video, thx a lot! It's amazing how much emotion and dedication it conveys, from you and from the artists who made all the pieces which you are curating here.
great video, this will need part 2!
Great list, but would loved to have seen some love for Tran Anh Hung- both The Scent of Green Papaya and The Vertical Ray of the Sun are among the best designed and most beautiful films I've ever seen, period.
Also The Shape if Water really deserved a mention in the Del Torro section (though I agree Crimson Peak has the best design of any of his films).
Never would have thought of it on my own, but now I can't "unsee" The Grand Budapest Hotel as a department store. It really does look like Selfridge's.
Y'all always do a good job of picking scenes that I'd love to hang on my wall for these sort of artistic top 10s.
I almost fell out of my chair when the #5 pick rolled in and it's a shot of my home town Uppsala, Sweden.
*deep sigh* apparently I still secretly want to be a production designer
Go get it!
I had exactly the same thought while watching this video and it came to me shortly after beginning :D
Sees new CineFix list. Gets super excited, takes a breath and clicks. You guys do great work. Have learned so much and found many great works because of you guys. So, thanks.
Great analysis and a tonne more movies to watch when I don't know when to watch. I love this channel!
I LOVE this type of top list, the one that mentioned so many movies you never heard about, so you know you'll add some of them to your next watch list. Thank you!
I really love all the props in Harry Potter. The level of detail there is just really really great.
Thank you for including LOTR. I would have rioted if it wasn't on the list
Pretty rubbish films though? Dull and slow. Even worse than the books
@@drsnowboard No. perfection in every way.
Girl with a pearl earring. Every set, the whole film itself renders the world of Vermeer and his paintings with beautiful perfection. (Beyond the visual delight, I think it's a great - and massively underrated - film overall.)
Yay my favorite notification of all time! Cinefix updating a new video.
Loved the editing with more panels. Hope it becomes standard.
I have always liked the design of Event Horizon. Great looking ship inside and out.
I really just have to thank you guys for making these video. Thank you so much.
This is the list I've been waiting for. Than you cinefix.
Roma deserved a mention but the list is still amazing, I love this channel
Blade Runner 2049
THANK YOU
this x10000
Logan's Run
I agree, I think it took Blade Runner and Her and everything in between and found a way to finally perfect what we thought was already perfect. Immaculate futuristic vision design.
At least my boi Tron Legacy got a tiny cameo at the beginning of the video
Great video. Design is always overlooked. Your comments on models regarding Metropolis + my rewatching of the Godzilla films leading to King of the Monsters leads to me request this for the next list: The Top Ten Examples of Model Work.
Wonderful.
Thank you for making this joyous celebration of an artform often missed or taken for granted in film making.
I agree with the choice of Blade Runner/Her for the sci-fi category, but man, Star Wars could at least get a mention hahaha
Star wars ain't sci-fi, it's more a fantasy.
I was sad to see no mention of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
@@suprempuk According to Cinefix, it's a Western! (True story)
suprempuk I mean with all the advanced technology of cloning, holograms, space warfare with various specially designed sci-fi vehicles, numerous planets, it’s definitely a sci-fi but a science fantasy would be a better name. The science fiction elements are strong but so are the fantasy/adventure elements.
@8:33 In the top right, Her shouts out Blade Runner
Ethan made the same comment, then saw this. Good stuff
Cinefix video really made my watchlist 10x bigger by adding their movie titles in their vids. Love it
Incredible, you guys have done it again. Thank you.
Amazing list. Must admit that I got chills when you referenced The Master, PTA’s under-appreciated masterpiece.
in fact all the work of PTA is mostly underrated except from No Country which somehow it turned a mainstream movie.
Danteabad thanks for chiming in. I think you are referring to There will be blood, which many thought would win best pic in a very strong 80th Oscars (2008). No country (Coen brothers) won BP they year. I have The Master as PTA’s second best after TWBB, and there are several other good to great films he has directed.
yeah you are right sorry. I confused one with the other. TWBB had a great contender having to struggle with the Coen brothers and No country in 2008. @@rhythmoriented PTA has grown so much as director and seems like every movie he does turns into a masterpiece.
You forgot to mention children of men. It's one of the most realistic depictions of the future I've ever seen
Aman M S it gets some screentime on there.
I’M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED HER! I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ITS PRODUCTION DESIGN!
The montages here for multi-pick winners with the wonderful music choices over them was simply fantastic. I'm glad to see Cinefix is growing more and more with every video.
...Even the April Fool's video on The Room.
How is Star Wars not on here somewhere? They literally made a world that feels like it existed “a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.”
NitsujRelis i don’t mean to sound like a fucking fanboy, but for pretty much every list (besides staying on budget during production haha) Star Wars could have at LEAST an honorable mention in any list
Thats because Star war's esthetics is actually based on previous works, like 2001: a space odyssey.
@@jascrandom9855 You can't be serious. Nothing in Star wars looks anything like 2001.
I'll choose for ya, Blade Runner
Finally a CineFix video that i can watch without worrying about spoilers.
Cinefix is the kind of channel that just makes you fall in love with movies
Love your guys work just wish The Dark Crystal was mentioned for fantasy. Harry Lang, Jim Henson, and Frank Oz created a world that was real and different.
there was a shot from dark crystal wasn't there? thought I saw one
Have you guys jumped onto the Podcast bandwagon yet? you should
I don't want things withkut the visuals.
it would be funny talking about movies without visuals
MAN, I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
I know this is a crazy CRAZY big task, but I need this channel to make a “just 10 (maybe 20-30) movies you should watch if you just love movies”
I adore this channel. I’ve found so many great movies from this channel. I’ve won trivia points because of this channel. And in terms of production I appreciate its depth yet tangibility. But every single list gives me, in the gods honest truth, anywhere between 1-10 movies I want to watch, and of all the channels I follow THIS is the one I need a starters list.
And it’s not like you won’t have PLENTY of options left, many who’d be left in the comments.
Did anybody see a Starbucks cup in any of these films?😂
10. The Grand Budapest Hotel
09. Beginners
08. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
07. Blade Runner, Her
06. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
05. Fanny and Alexander
04. Hero
03. The Godfather II
02. Revolutionary road, The Master
01. The Living Trilogy
OMG another great list! I always enjoys the list as a) many of the movies I like depending on the list either get a spot or are honorable mentions, b) I always get unexpected movie recommendations that I end checking out (like pick 1 today) and c) I always learn something interesting, all in all I can ask for better content! Thank you!
I seriously have no complaints about this list, it's so perfect
Blade Runner/Her, boy you got me.
Imagine if you submitted something like this as your dissertation.
They'd have to make a new grade for how good it is haha.
It may sound weird, but my all-time favorite production design for a period piece is that of the Keira Knightly starring Pride And Prejudice. The scenery and design fits the movie so well that it feels like a character itself and draws you into the story without realizing it. It's simplistic, but it feels like the perfect minimalism for the small world they were in and when it goes to the extravagant, the contrast between the homeliness and and the grandiose are really hammered home.
As far as period pieces go, I can't think of anything better.
Another note...LOTR really is fantastic. It's one of, if not the only, fantasy movie that made the world feel real despite the obvious fantasticalness of it all.
Your work is BRILLIANT, yours is my new favourite channel. Thank you so much
It would be cool if you did a video exploring the most intense movies of all time and everything that the idea of intense means.
TheMecoolerest001 great idea. For me it’s Children of Men. My wife and I left the theater literally stooped over. We were completely exhausted by the experience. Only Aliens has come close to giving me that same feeling.
Surprised to not see Snowpiercer...good list though.
What a great Video! All this movies, just a pleasure to look at.
I'm a bit surprised by Beginners, another movie add to my queue. Another great list by cinefix!
Just at the Start, if BR2049 is not on here i'll be disappointed
Well there is BR :) But yes, BR2049 also has great production design.
what's the music at 7:30?
Your videos are always fantastic. Keep up the great work!
Cinefix reminds me why I love cinema. Continue the great work guys :)
Would you please list the music you use behind every segment as well? Wonderful choice, would love to know what they are
id kill to know the music that played in the blade runner and her segment
Brandon Bader right?
Eukarya by Rodg, but I want the music at 6:42
@@AndyKunkel exactly
What music is playing at 7:33 , at the start of the Blade Runner/Her clips?
Apparently is Eukarya by Rodg
Do you know the music at 6:42?
Classic cinefix list. Some crowd favorites, a few hidden gems, and a #1 pick that no one has ever seen.
Including the interviews of the directors/designers is a fantastic addition to these lists.
I have to be THAT guy, and i´m sorry. No Star Wars mention in a production design list? Alright then...
(Awesome list as always guys)
2 videos in a day?
Time to buy lottery, guys.
Beautiful critiques and thoughts on several of the most influential cinematic productions of all-time.
I think this might be my favourite Cinefix video so far