Savannah College of Art and Design Production Design Program

SCAD Savannah, production design, three students using a control deck

In the expanding field of programming for cable outlets, broadcast networks, independent filmmaking, digital video production, theme parks and other entertainment venues, production designers are in growing demand. Working behind the scenes on sets, lighting and costumes, production designers support productions for film, theater and television.

Students learn the emerging facets of new media as well as the principles of design for traditional projects.
Production design students may collaborate with students of acting, film and theater directing and producing, cinematography, as well as interior design, exhibition design, fashion design and more.
A full calendar of productions takes place at the Trustees Theater, Mondanaro Theater and Afifi Amphitheater, as well as the Lucas Theatre for the Arts.
Undergraduate students may choose a concentration in costume or lighting and scenery.
Costume studies include coursework in fashion design and costume rendering.
Lighting and scenery coursework includes traditional skills such as drafting, as well as computer-aided design.

View the General Safety Rules Governing Stage, Film and Television Production Crews Manual.

Employers converge for SCAD Career Fair
04/21/08

05/05/08	--	André Leon Talley to address SCAD graduates: Vogue’s editor-at-large will speak at Savannah and Atlanta ceremonies
04/25/08	--	Nearly 48 percent of employers at SCAD Job and Internship Fair plan to offer positions to students
03/06/08	--	SCAD hosts Rising Star, a challenging five-week program that awards college credit to rising high school seniors
02/11/08	--	SCAD to host MUSE conference: Groundbreaking conference is first of its kind in art and design education assessment
01/29/08	--	SCAD School of Performing Arts presents “A Lie of the Mind”

SCAD Savannah, production design, female student creating model

Careers
• producer — studio film, television
• designer — conference exhibition, restaurant, scenic, lighting, costume, retail, theme park, museum designer

Some Employers of SCAD Alumni
• 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Television
• Alliance Theatre-Atlanta
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Discovery Communications
• independent stage, film and video producers
• KVUE-TV (Austin, Texas)
• Mattel Tradeshow Division
• MTV Networks
• national and regional theater companies
• NBC Universal
• Nickelodeon
• Theme Parks