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Job Description: Set designers are responsible for creating backdrops and sets for film, theatre, and television productions. Working with writers, directors, and producers, set designers bring to life the environments described in the script. Set designers are required to research and develop appropriate schemes, and work with a support staff in order to procure props, control lighting, and arrange layouts.
Salary Range: Salaries for set designers range from $35,700 to $48,300. The degree of difficulty and level of creativity involved may also affect salary, as can the overall budget for the production. Set designers with extended knowledge of art, architecture, and fabrication, and design can command higher wages.
Education: Degrees in interior design, architecture, or visual merchandising are highly attractive to filmmakers and producers seeking the services of a set designer. Additionally, an understanding of furniture construction, lighting, and sound transmittance will ensure that set designers take into account all the various influences that can effect production.
Outlook: The US Department of Labor predicts 21% growth between 2001 and 2012, as the film industry continues to flourish. Set designers with proven skills and creativity can effectively transition into interior design, architecture, visual merchandising, costume design, or other aspects of film production.
Personality Traits: Set designers must have the ability to visualize and formulate ideas, and to communicate effectively using sketches or through presentations. Set designers must also possess the ability to perform research and source materials, and to maintain an extensive mental catalog of locations, materials, and props.
Career Path: Production
Assistant > Design Assistant > Principal Set Designer
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