Delve into all things production design
Cutting-edge technology. Studio-level sets and spaces. Connected faculty. Renowned guests. Star-studded signature events. SCAD production design students have a wealth of opportunity to capitalize on, expanding their university experience and career horizons.
Stages of imagination
SCAD production design spaces dot Savannah’s historic district. Students attend classes at Crites Hall, a century-old hub for the SCAD School of Film and Acting that also houses a black-box theater space. They fabricate sets for live production on the stages of classically restored cinemas Lucas Theatre for the Arts and Trustees Theater. And, at SCAD Film Studios in Savannah, they enjoy access to a wonderland of technology, tools, and production spaces: a 17,000 sq. ft. production design facility as well as green screen studios, backlot streetscapes, and LED volume stages.
Premium tools and glittering venues:
- SCAD Film Studios production design facility with classrooms and fabrication space
- Modern costume design sewing labs
- Industrial garment conveyor for storing costumes
- High-tech prop-making shop with tools for woodcutting, welding, and painting
- Lecture classrooms featuring projectors and drafting tables
- 20-seat computer lab with Wacom Intuos tablets at each station
- 150-seat black-box Mondanaro Theater
- 1,100-seat Trustees Theater stage
- 1,200-seat Lucas Theatre for the Arts stage
Get red carpet ready at SCAD signature events
SCAD hosts glittering signature events annually where production design students expand their professional networks, connect with (and even present for!) lauded guests, catch award-winning shows and films, and revel in the festive environments around each event.
SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Each fall, SCAD hosts the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, a week-long celebration of cinematic arts showcasing the work of both award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers. As the largest university film festival in the country, the event attracts more than 60,000 attendees annually and features competition film screenings, workshops, celebrity panels and lectures, and much more.
SCAD TVfest
Presented each spring, SCAD TVfest celebrates the latest in design, creativity, and innovation in television, streaming, and digital media. Working professionals from all spheres of content production gather for screenings, premieres, panel discussions, and workshops exploring the latest trends and the best content airing today. Opportunities abound to connect and network with future peers practicing in front of and behind the screen.
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Learn from Hollywood production design titans
Panels, guest lectures, and master classes at SCAD signature events give production design students inside access to top creatives from film and TV, including production staff from The Menu, The Queen’s Gambit, The Gilded Age, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Wicked. These visiting virtuosos work one-on-one with students, offer advice on film and television careers, and shed key insight on the entertainment industry.
Past guests include:
- Ruth E. Carter, costume designer
- Sandy Powell, costume designer
- Sarah Greenwood, production designer
- Katie Spencer, set decorator
- David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, production designers
- Marylin Fitoussi, costume designer
- Janie Bryant, costume designer
- Donna Zakowska, costume designer
- Kazu Hiro, makeup artist
"SCAD students and alumni never cease to amaze me."
Ruth E. Carter | Academy Award-winning costume designer
Make your SCAD experience even more unforgettable
Spend a quarter abroad at SCAD Lacoste, the university's international location, or explore other study abroad trips SCAD offers to gain cultural perspective, add a worldly dimension to your résumé, and draw inspiration from the sights, sounds, and characters of an entirely new setting.
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