03/23/2026
Building Worlds: Introduction to Production Design
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Email [email protected] to register!
Required workshop for Film Co-op members hoping to make their own films.
Free for Film Co-op Members
$20 for non-members
Class Limit: 20
ON ZOOM
Workshop Instructor: Glendon McKinney
Description: “BUILDING WORLDS” will introduce the idea of Production Design in film,the purpose it serves, and the practical needs of doing the job: how to read a script, how to break it down for requirements, and working with other departments. Then the fun stuff: how do we express the characters, their world, the tone of the film? How to tell their story visually? We’ll look at the elements involved: locations, set designs, set decoration, the importance of colour, and lighting. Costume design will also be noted, another element in telling the story.
Biography: Glendon McKinney studied film at York University.but delved into many other disciplines : he practiced Decorative Paint- ing for many years in Toronto, created a zine, 'King of the Fairies', as well as studying history, design, film and innu- merable other topics. In 2000, he returned to his home prov- ince, New Brunswick, and his first love, film.
Glendon's film "They Only Come Out at Night" won the Best Short Drama award at the 2005 Silver Wave Film Festival. As well as writing and producing his own works, Glendon has worked as Production Designer and Costume Designer on numerous independent productions including Tim McDo- noughs' "The Strings Attached" and Jon Collicotts' WWII story, "A Song for the Homefront", for which he received the award for Best Achievement in Art Direction at the 2007 Sil- ver Wave Film Festival.
Glendon's short film "we two boys together clinging" was commissioned and streamed online by the Struts Gallery in Sackville, NB. He was one of the filmmakers chosen for the 2009 Cultural Capitols project with his film "The Apostles of Beauty" depicting the impact on 1882 Fredericton of Oscar Wilde, and his subsequent and influential meeting with writer Charles G. D. Roberts.
Glendon won “Best Comedy” and “Best Achievement in Art Direction” for his film “Curtain Call” at the 2013 Silver Wave Film Fest. He taught film aesthetics and production at DaVinci College for ten years.
