This thesis points out the convergences between cinema and design among the conception of a visual project in the movies. It claims, at first, that design proposes basically a conceptual approach, which permeates, as a world view, multiple instances in the life of individuals and society. Furthermore, remarks that the notion of design is expanding in contemporary times, in order to embrace other areas and interconnect with a great number of theoretical and practical fields. These connections occur within a wide range of relations established by exchange, overlay and merge. The confluences between design, a field considered here in its broader form, and the particular process that engenders the development of the images in cinema are highlighted by this approach. The linkage between film and design is founded on theoretical statements and consolidated by a research, carried out with those authors who translate the initial idea of a movie into pictures. This search meant to investigate the approach, the considerations and the procedures of these authors, as well as the image sources implied in the process of designing the combination of visual signs in cinema. This investigation is based on the visual designers testimony, aiming to clarify the complex mechanisms involved in this process. Concluding the thesis, the former pointed convergences are not only shown evidently, as they also contribute to enlarge the notions of inclusion and breadth, representing the original nature of design.