A Touch of Magic: Veteran Set Designers Chan Ki-yui & Chan King-sam Book Cover

A Touch of Magic: Veteran Set Designers Chan Ki-yui & Chan King-sam

The importance of set designers is often underestimated by our younger generation. During the years of studio productions, set designers are the magicians who built worlds of fantasy visualized by directors. They were born with imaginative minds and great capacities. Chan Ki-yui and Chan King-sam are the best of the fantastical best. With a combined career that spanned from 1930s to 1980s, the father and son have amassed between them a record of over 1,000 sets of films, and for a wide spectrum of genres.

Technology advanced throughout the years, and massive use of computer-generated graphics becomes inevitable. Studio sets have yet to serve another generation before it became less important. As a tribute to embrace the craftsmanship by the Chans, the book includes 5 parts: the exhibition, oral history interviews, newspaper clippings, critics, and the selected filmography.

212 pages. In Chinese only. First edition released in March 2013. HK$ 110.00. (Edited by Cecilia Wong)

ISBN 978-962-8050-64-2