Lighting and Production Designer Patrick Brannon talks about his approach to design, including for country superstar, and Grammy Award-winner Tim McGraw:
“I like to just look at things with a gut feeling and I like to talk to the artists to get an idea of what they’re looking for. Some artists want pretty; sometimes they want big rock looks. I try to combine all those ideas in any design. I also like to keep things mysterious and theatrical. As far as lighting goes, there’s a couple songs that I’ve never frontlit Tim for at all; it was all backlit. So, it gives a little mystery to the video screens and video surfaces when you don’t really show the artist’s face. It’s something that’s always intrigued me. It goes back to my theater roots. I try to incorporate different things I’ve learned in the last 40 years to every new design.”
Read the full interview with Brannon in the February issue of PLSN here.
