Ken Adam is a production designer who has worked on over 70 films, including Dr. Strangelove (Dir. Stanley Kubrick,1964), Addams Family Values (Dir Barry Sonnenfeld,1993.), Around the World in 80 Days (Dir. Michael Anderson, 1956) and a number of the James Bond films. The exhibition included video installations of interviews with people who knew him personally, as well as a larger screen showing Ken Adam recreating some of his work at his desk whilst talking through his process in doing so.
Although I was unable to take photographs of the exhibition, I found it very interesting and was amazed at the detail of his body of work and how much consideration goes into each design. I also discovered the ways in which a character can be reflected upon by the space in which they are shown in within a scene or entire film. This made me stop to think about films that I enjoy watching and consider how if I did not know anything or much about the main characters, what the spaces and environments they were shown in would give away about them. This is an area that is interesting to consider when building our own set - although we do not have a narrative in our piece, we have the freedom to experiment with various elements within our sets and even the smaller details, in order to create impressions about who might live in the space we create, or the type of mood of the environment we are building.
Link to the exhibition:
http://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/en/exhibitions/2014/bigger-than-life
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