07/13/2026
In addition to our full time faculty, FMS frequently works with professionals currently working in the film industry to teach our students in specialized areas. This past semester, art department specialist Madeline Markcum joined our faculty as an adjunct instructor to teach a Production Design course. She has served in various roles on recent films, including production designer, art director, and set dresser among other positions.
For this course, Madeline taught the basics of the art department itself, ranging from set decoration to graphics to props. As shown in these photos, students learned how to space plan by designing a miniature set inside of a shoebox, which encouraged them to think creatively about the shape of the space and to consider how sets represent story and character. These skills were then applied to the final project, as a crew of the class designed and dressed an office set inspired by the script of the feature film "Seven."
We hope you enjoy these photos, and we hope they inspire you to enroll in the class when it comes up again. Thank you, Madeline, for creating such an engaging class! We are lucky to have you.
