Blueprint Documentary - Post Production

My name is Linda Carfagno, filmmaker, and daughter of Edward Carfagno, the Academy Award winning Art Director/Production Designer of The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Julius Caesar (1953) and Ben-Hur (1959). He received thirteen nominations. It is in his honor that I am creating this documentary about the amazing talents who work behind the scenes to create the worlds we see in film.

Blueprint: The Genius of Production Design

This film is a feature documentary project spanning over a decade and the world over searching for stories, personalities and artwork that represents the core of this magical cinematic craft – the visual creation of what we see on screen, and what the characters of movies exist in; the past, present, and future all represented and explored.

During this journey we have compiled many hours of footage of some of the most prolific and groundbreaking filmmakers speaking in depth about their careers, creative process and experiences making some of the greatest movies ever made through the production design lens. Some of our participants include Peter Lamont (Aliens, Titanic), Haskell Wexler (In The Heat of the Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Dean Stockwell (Dune, Blue Velvet) and Larry Paull (Bladerunner, Back to the Future).

We were granted access to locations such as Pinewood Studios in London, Cinecitta Studios in Rome, and JC Backings SONY Studios in Los Angeles, as well as the personal archives of many of our designers

and filmmakers.

My journey making this film has reached the final stage – postproduction and release. Now through editing, mastering, dynamic animation, and stunning visual effects, Blueprint becomes a definitive representation of the craft of cinematic production design and the talented people who work tirelessly to make movie magic. From postproduction, the advertising and marketing of the film commences with our ambitions having no ceiling.

Your donation will make this happen and will make you a part of bringing this project of hard work and passion to the screen while making it accessible to generations, and hopefully inspiring some of them to become designers and filmmakers to carry on our important cinematic legacy. After 10 plus years of dedication, perseverance and navigating out of pocket financing for this project, I am excited to invite you to join the proverbial Thief of Bagdad magic carpet ride to fund and complete this film. Jump on!

Linda Carfagno

August 2023, Santa Fe, New Mexico