Forgotten Design Soldier

I read Ellen Baskin’s article about the display at the Design Center showing the process of production design for film. I was surprised that neither she nor the designers putting the exhibition together never mentioned the important role of the set decorator but rather toss all different tasks and crafts under “interior decorating” (“Even in Hollywood, It’s Location, Location, Location,” Aug. 12).

The role of the set decorator is to take the designer’s ideas, drawings and phrases and bring those items, colors and “personal touches” to the set--usually within constricting time frames and budgets.

BETTY ROSEN ZIFF

Los Angeles