In Logan’s Run, I would assume the role of creative director. As creative director, I would be in charge of directing the visual facets of the set designs, as well as the visual direction of all 3D/visual effects scenes and frames. I believe that both sets and visual effects must have a seamless transition of direction and visual design. Otherwise, sets might appear very different from the visual effects, or the visual effects might appear really fake.
The visual design of the overall film will appear very modern, futuristic, and outwardly green. There will be gigantic structures ladened in gleaming white metal, or decked with shrubbery and groomed plants. However, as the film progresses, and as the camera follows Logan throughout the domed city, the viewer discovers that the hedonistic city is not so happy and perfect as it seems from afar. Pockets of degradation, robotic control, and the brutality of the sandmen become apparent. The exterior parts of the city appear cleaned up and sterilized, but most of the interiors are dark or dim, trashed, smoke-filled from drugs and futuristic cigarettes, and overall messy.
The color of the film will be bright and crisp in the exteriors of the city, while the interiors will be heavily saturated from club lights and dim lighting, pushing forward the hedonistic all-pleasures lifestyle of the young human race. Outside the domed city, the colors will be nearly desaturated as the environment is occupied by thick chemical gases and smog.
There will seem to be an air of pressure about the domed city, where people keep secrets about the Sanctuary, and prefer not to think about whether there is life outside the domed city. Everyone appears superficial, absorbed in pleasure, and unwilling to think outside the oppressive system handled by robotic entities.
The interiors will appear very well designed, almost like a Syd Mead kind-of world, where everything has a glossy surface. Large rooms lit by all kinds of saturated magenta and yellow-orange lights give way to the explicit sexual activity that goes on inside the thousands of clubs throughout all corners of the city. Blue and green lit rooms are rooms where many people smoke all manners of drugs; smoke would be everywhere.
In essence, the entire domed city has been outlined and designed meticulously; there is no shred of any real nature; even all the plants and trees are constantly groomed and genetically treated to put forth very green leaves. Some trees, especially for interior clubs, are genetically modified to have glowing leaves of various colors.
The city exterior has sprawling plazas and parks with tightly mowed grass, also genetically modified to stay very green and healthy.
The fashion of the humans is generally tight, or form-fitting clothing; humans are genetically modified to look good, healthy, fit, and attractive. Because the city is hedonistic, certain fashion trends are very revealing, even in public, and in business.