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A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume designer works alongside the director, scenic, lighting designer, sound designer, and other creative personnel. The costume designer may also collaborate with hair stylist, wig master, or makeup artist. In European theatre, the role is different, as the theatre designer usually designs both costume and scenic elements.
Designers typically seek to enhance a character's personality, and to create an evolving plot of colour, changing social status, or period through the visual design of garments and accessories. They may distort or enhance the body—within the boundaries of the director's vision. The designer must ensure that the designs let the actor move as the role requires. The actor must execute the director's blocking of the production without damaging the garments. Garments must be durable and washable, especially for plays with extended runs or films with near-real time pacing (meaning that most costumes will not change between scenes) but whose principal photography phase may stretch across several weeks. The designer must consult not only with the director, but the set and lighting designers to ensure that all elements of the overall production design work together. The designer must possess strong artistic capabilities and a thorough knowledge of pattern development, draping, drafting, textiles and fashion history. The designer must understand historical costuming, and the movement style and poise that period dress may require.
Costume is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group that reflects their class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch.
The term also was traditionally used to describe typical appropriate clothing for certain activities, such as riding costume, swimming costume, dance costume, and evening costume. Appropriate and acceptable costume is subject to changes in fashion and local cultural norms.
This general usage has gradually been replaced by the terms "dress", "attire" or "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot costumes.
Before the advent of ready-to-wear apparel, clothing was made by hand. When made for commercial sale it was made, as late as the beginning of the 20th century, by "costumiers", often women who ran businesses that met the demand for complicated or intimate female costume, including millinery and corsetry.
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Actors: János Breckl (costume designer), Mihály Szabados (actor), Mihály Szabados (actor), András Kern (actor), Ferenc Elek (actor), Mihály Szabados (actor), Györgyi Kari (actress), Róbert Koltai (actor), János Breckl (actor), Péter Scherer (actor), Zoltán Bezerédy (actor), Sándor Halmágyi (actor), Pater Sparrow (actor), Pater Sparrow (actor), Péter Vallai (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Terry Jones (actor), Timothy Spall (actor), Tim McInnerny (actor), Jan Kuzelka (actor), Kenneth Cranham (actor), Wolf Kahler (actor), William Hootkins (actor), Philip Davis (actor), Nickolas Grace (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), Bernard Bresslaw (actor), Liz Smith (actress), Danny Webb (actor),
Plot: May 1917. Sixteen year old Indiana Jones joins an international trio of spies plotting against their German counterparts in the neutral city of Barcelona. After his old acquaintance Pablo Picasso helps him get a job at Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Indy devices a plan to forge a love letter written by the German cultural attaché to make it seem he is having an affair with the Countess of Toledo. In August of the same year, Indiana is reassigned to Prague where he is to receive an important phone call. Unfortunately his hotel room proves to be unequipped with a phone. Indy heads for the Ministery of Telephones, where he learns that having to confront Czech bureaucracy can be quite a trial.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Gerry Therrien (miscellaneous crew), Tim Carroll (miscellaneous crew), Mark Conte (editor), Jason Nolan (miscellaneous crew), David Manzanares (miscellaneous crew), David Manzanares (miscellaneous crew), Jason Nolan (miscellaneous crew), Mamie Mitchell (miscellaneous crew), J.J. Dalton (miscellaneous crew), Chantal Teasdale (miscellaneous crew), Sabrina Plisco (editor), Carlos A. Montoya (miscellaneous crew), Michael T. Boyd (actor), Michael T. Boyd (actor), Leslie Maynes (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: An epic tale of two figures during the American colonization of the west, one white and the other Native American. Jacob Wheeler leaves his dull life behind to strike out west, while Loved By the Buffalo faces his destiny to try to fight a prophecy that his people will be wiped out by the settlers. Jacob marries Loved By the Buffalo's sister Thunder Heart Woman, uniting the two families while around them relations between the two races crumble.
Keywords: 1800s, american-flag, axe, battle, battlefield, bow-and-arrow, brunette, cavalry-charge, cavalry-saber, combatActors: Asko Sarkola (actor), Pekka Lehto (writer), Pekka Lehto (director), Jan-Eric Nyström (miscellaneous crew), Rostislav Aalto (miscellaneous crew), Hannu Kivioja (actor), Marko Röhr (producer), Martti Suosalo (actor), Jukka Puotila (actor), Marja Korhonen (actress), Eila Werning (producer), Petri Jokiranta (miscellaneous crew), Marja-Leena Hukkanen (miscellaneous crew), Niina Pasanen (costume designer), Tuomari Nurmio (actor),
Plot: A fictitious biography of Aira Samulin, the goddess of dance and importer of all the international dance crazes to Finland for some fifty years. The life story of this extravagant ever-teen, well beyond the usual retirement age, is told inside a fictitious plot about a Master of Ceremonies trying to persuade Aira to stage a show at his cabaret restaurant. Besides Aira Samulin, many other Finnish celebrities appear among the eccentric lineup auditioning for the show, playing more or less their fictionalised selves.
Keywords: cabaret, celebrity, dance, fictional-biographyActors: Romed Wyder (writer), Romed Wyder (producer), Romed Wyder (director), Kandjoura Coulbaly (actor), Maria Watzlawick (director), Maria Watzlawick (editor), Maria Watzlawick (writer),
Plot: In Bamako (Mali), on one side, Kandjoura Coulbaly is collecting leaves and clay to color materials and on the other side, Adama Drabo and all his team are waiting for the funds which would permit to start shooting his film. Meanwile, the sun burns the mountains and they drink tea.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: George Wendt (actor), Sam Wanamaker (actor), Tom Sizemore (actor), Martin Scorsese (actor), Allan Rich (actor), Barry Primus (actor), Gailard Sartain (actor), Robin Gammell (actor), Adam Baldwin (actor), Chris Cooper (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Stuart Margolin (actor), Stephen Root (actor), Illeana Douglas (actress), Annette Bening (actress),
Plot: David Merrill ('Robert De Niro' (qv)), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood director, returns from filming abroad in France to find that his loyalty has been called into question by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and he is unable to work until cleared. Before being called, his highest priority had been his work to the extent of leaving his wife ('Annette Bening' (qv)) and son ('Luke Edwards (I)' (qv)) alone for months at a time. He initially refuses to implicate others or himself in a private meeting with Roy Cohn and a studio lawyer. This decision initially to stick to his principles first leaves him unable to work in his profession, even with films and producers he never would have worked with before. Harassment by the FBI leaves him unable to work on Broadway, with advertising agencies, or even in a small film repair shop. Finally, having fallen so far, and tempted with a new offer to direct a film from his old studio (if he testifies), he agrees to go before the Committee, initially planning to name his friends. But when confronted with the cruel and tyrannical behavior of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, he realizes that there is a higher priority in his life there is standing up for what is right. And in doing so, he inspires friends and family to do the same.
Keywords: 1950s, blacklist, blacklisting, box-office-flop, film-director, hearings, house-unamerican-activities-committee, lingerie-slip, mccarthy-hearings, mccarthyismActors: Frank Langella (actor), Jerry Stiller (actor), Michael Small (composer), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Jordan Charney (actor), Michael Pressman (producer), Michael Pressman (director), Glynnis O'Connor (actress), Tom Hulce (actor), Joseph Maher (actor), Millie Moore (editor), Nancy Glass (actress), Steven-Charles Jaffe (producer), George Morfogen (actor),
Plot: Cleveland 1951. Pre-med student Artie Shoemaker dreams not so much of a medical career but a life in the theater, against the wishes of his working class parents. Despite having no experience in the theater whatsoever, he is hired as the props man at the Kempton Hills Park Theater, an open air venue that is part of the summer stock circuit. The resident leading man at Kempton Hills is Harry Crystal who, along with some of the other more experienced company members, is working toward more lucrative and higher profile acting jobs. For most, including Harry, the goal is back to Broadway. For some, that Broadway dream is more a delusion than a true possibility. Despite being a bit of a divo, which grates on many of the other crew members, Harry takes inexperienced Artie under his wing both in terms of guiding him through his current position in props, as well as a general life in the theater. Part of that general life includes romantic couplings, the person who Artie ultimately chooses, and she too chooses in return, is the lead dancer named Ramona. Artie's experiences with both Harry and Ramona over the course of the summer stock season shows him if he really wants a life in the theater and if Ramona truly is someone who will be part of his future as he initially envisioned.
Keywords: actor, backstage, coming-of-age, ingenue, mentor, operetta, period-piece, show-business, small-town, summer-stockActors: Marge Champion (actress), Betty Grable (actress), Eugene Borden (actor), Robert Williams (actor), Bess Flowers (actress), Emil Sitka (actor), Paul Harvey (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Ted Stanhope (actor), Henry Slate (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Jack Lemmon (actor), Robert Bice (actor), Jeffrey Sayre (actor), W. Somerset Maugham (writer),
Plot: This musical reworking of TOO MANY HUSBANDS (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
Keywords: based-on-play, remake, seemingly-widowedActors: Joe Devlin (actor), Joel Fluellen (actor), Cliff Clark (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), James Flavin (actor), Richard Farnsworth (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Russ Clark (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), James Craven (actor), James Burke (actor), Robert Armstrong (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Charles Flynn (actor),
Plot: In Africa, the girl Jill Young trades a baby gorilla with two natives and raises the animal. Twelve years later, the talkative and persuasive promoter Max O'Hara organizes a safari to Africa with the Oklahoma cowboy Gregg to bring attractions to his new night-club in Hollywood. They capture several lions and out of blue, they see a huge gorilla nearby their camping and they try to capture the animal. However, the teenager Jill Young stops the men that intended to kill her gorilla. Max seduces Jill with a fancy life in Hollywood and she signs a contract with him where the gorilla Joseph "Joe" Young would be the lead attraction. Soon she realizes that her dream is a nightmare to Joe and she asks Max to return to Africa. However he persuades her to stay a little longer in the show business. But when three alcoholic costumers give booze to Joe, the gorilla destroys the spot and is sentenced by the justice to be sacrificed. Will Jill, Gregg and Max succeed in saving Joe?
Keywords: africa, animal-cruelty, banana, boxer, building-on-fire, character-name-in-title, child-in-peril, cowboy, decoy, drunkardActors: Vincente Minnelli (actor), Beryl Wallace (actress), Earl Carroll (actor), Marcia Edwards (actress),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Costume designer and cosplayer JoEllen Elam of FireflyPath.com shares her experience on becoming a professional costume designer and gives a few tips to anyone interested in pursuing that path.
Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby), Michael Wilkinson (American Hustle), Mary Zophres (Inside Llewyn Davis), Trish Summerville (Catching Fire) and Daniel Orlandi (Saving Mr. Banks) share secrets behind their award-worthy costumes.
Emilio Sosa knows his fabrics. He likes diving into research. He’s adept at collaborating with everyone from tailors and sewers to directors like George C. Wolfe and Phylicia Rashad. He’s got an incredible eye for design...and he stays cool under pressure. In our latest Working in Theatre video, Sosa, who most recently worked with Center Theatre Group on August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, talks about what it takes to become a costume designer in theatre, how he got his start, and his first big break. More info: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/news-and-blogs/news/2016/november/costume-designers-stay-cool-under-pressure
Julie Wiess, Joanna Johnston weigh in on what they believe are the biggest misconceptions of being a costume designer.
Young reporter Manasi sat down with Sandy Powell, the costume designer behind the fabulous outfits in Disney's Cinderella, to talk about ballroom gowns, glass slippers, and Disney princesses. Into Film seeks to put film at the heart of all children and young people's education. Visit www.intofilm.org for more information. Into Film reporters are school children and college pupils aged 9 - 18 from across the UK who have the opportunity to be introduced to different aspects of the film industry. Follow Into Film: Twitter: @GetIntoFilm and @IntoFilm_Edu Instagram: @GetIntoFilm 'Like' on Facebook: GetIntoFilm
Costume Designer Sandy Powell is interviewed for the movie Cinderella. The movie stars Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, Helena Bonham Carter, Sophie McShera, Hayley Atwell, Derek Jacobi and Stellan Skarsgård. For syndication or usage opportunities please contact syndication@heyuguys.co.uk. More from HeyUGuys Website ► http://HeyUGuys.com Follow us on Twitter ► http://twitter.com/HeyUGuys Subscribe here! ► http://bit.ly/HeyUGuysYTSub Facebook ► http://facebook.com/HeyUGuys Instagram ► http://instagram.com/HeyUGuysOfficial
Wendy Bendoni and Pretty Little Liars costume designer Mandi Line discusses how she became a costume designer. Mandi Line talks about how to create costume designs for TV show characters and how the stars' personal fashion styles impact their daily lives
Beauty and the Beast: Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran Behind the Scenes Movie Interview SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/mHkEX9 FOLLOW US: http://goo.gl/7SoFjW LIKE US: http://goo.gl/6srxoU Check out Movie Behind the Scenes, Interviews, Movie Red Carpet Premieres, Broll and more from ScreenSlam.com Part of the Maker Studios
Costume designer and cosplayer JoEllen Elam of FireflyPath.com shares her experience on becoming a professional costume designer and gives a few tips to anyone interested in pursuing that path.
Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby), Michael Wilkinson (American Hustle), Mary Zophres (Inside Llewyn Davis), Trish Summerville (Catching Fire) and Daniel Orlandi (Saving Mr. Banks) share secrets behind their award-worthy costumes.
Emilio Sosa knows his fabrics. He likes diving into research. He’s adept at collaborating with everyone from tailors and sewers to directors like George C. Wolfe and Phylicia Rashad. He’s got an incredible eye for design...and he stays cool under pressure. In our latest Working in Theatre video, Sosa, who most recently worked with Center Theatre Group on August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, talks about what it takes to become a costume designer in theatre, how he got his start, and his first big break. More info: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/news-and-blogs/news/2016/november/costume-designers-stay-cool-under-pressure
Julie Wiess, Joanna Johnston weigh in on what they believe are the biggest misconceptions of being a costume designer.
Young reporter Manasi sat down with Sandy Powell, the costume designer behind the fabulous outfits in Disney's Cinderella, to talk about ballroom gowns, glass slippers, and Disney princesses. Into Film seeks to put film at the heart of all children and young people's education. Visit www.intofilm.org for more information. Into Film reporters are school children and college pupils aged 9 - 18 from across the UK who have the opportunity to be introduced to different aspects of the film industry. Follow Into Film: Twitter: @GetIntoFilm and @IntoFilm_Edu Instagram: @GetIntoFilm 'Like' on Facebook: GetIntoFilm
Costume Designer Sandy Powell is interviewed for the movie Cinderella. The movie stars Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, Helena Bonham Carter, Sophie McShera, Hayley Atwell, Derek Jacobi and Stellan Skarsgård. For syndication or usage opportunities please contact syndication@heyuguys.co.uk. More from HeyUGuys Website ► http://HeyUGuys.com Follow us on Twitter ► http://twitter.com/HeyUGuys Subscribe here! ► http://bit.ly/HeyUGuysYTSub Facebook ► http://facebook.com/HeyUGuys Instagram ► http://instagram.com/HeyUGuysOfficial
Wendy Bendoni and Pretty Little Liars costume designer Mandi Line discusses how she became a costume designer. Mandi Line talks about how to create costume designs for TV show characters and how the stars' personal fashion styles impact their daily lives
Beauty and the Beast: Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran Behind the Scenes Movie Interview SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/mHkEX9 FOLLOW US: http://goo.gl/7SoFjW LIKE US: http://goo.gl/6srxoU Check out Movie Behind the Scenes, Interviews, Movie Red Carpet Premieres, Broll and more from ScreenSlam.com Part of the Maker Studios
New York Film Academy Los Angeles students were treated to a special lesson on “Basic Costume 101” by renowned costume designer Deborah Nadoolman-Landis followed by a discussion with her. Read more on the NYFA Blog: https://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/hollywood-costume-designer-teaches-costume-101/
Watch Baahubali Costume Designer Prashanthi Tipirneni Exclusive Interview through 'Talking movies with iDream'. @04:46- No bling in Baahubali costumes @07:30- Working together with cinematographer & Art director @08:50- About Jewelry in the movie @10:34- About Tamannah's costume @15:53- I come from a conservative family @17:41- About Anushka's size zero @18:46- Anushka is a nice human being @20:46- About Baahubali 2 @22:27- Adores Rajamouli's family @23:06- Bucket list Prashanti Tipirneni, the co-costume designer of India's Biggest Motion Picture Baahubali speaks about her career, upcoming projects and many more things. Here is a sneak peek into her life! Prashanti Tipirneni, has designed costumes for many movies including Vedam, Golconda High School, Baahubali and also anushka's Upco...
Full uncensored interview with the biggest names in movies from 2012, including Joanna Johnston, Mark Bridges, Colleen Atwood, Paco Delgado, Jacqueline Durran and Julie Weiss. Roundtables are back! The Hollywood Reporter’s 2016 Emmy Roundtable season has premiered. Subscribe to stay up to date with new Roundtable videos publishing everyday this awards season! Who do you want to see on this season’s Roundtables? Tell us in the comments below! Tune-in for the full Drama Actress Roundtable on Monday, June 28th! Stay tuned to everything you need for this season of Roundtables: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/roundtables Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/hollywoodreporter Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodReporter Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.c...
Here is an exclusive interview with costume designer Amritha Ram on Manam Magazine where she talks about fashion, styling and more. Amritha is among the high profile fashion designers in Chennai. She studied fashion at FIT, New York. She is currently occupied with the movies Veera Sivaji, Neruppuda and Vada Chennai. For more fun filled and interesting interviews & videos, Download our App: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/manam... Googleplay : https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Click to Subscribe to our channel for regular videos : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZbj... Visit our official website : http://www.manam.online Connect with us: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Manamonline Twitter:https://twitter.com/manam_online Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/manam_em...
One of the great costume designers of this era, Mary Zophres has been the Coens' go-to person since Fargo, 15 years ago. Amazingly, she has never been Oscar nominated. That may change this year with True Grit.
Baahubali 2 Costume Designer Prashanthi Exclusive Interview || Vanitha TV Watch Vanitha TV, the First Women Centric Channel in India by Rachana Television. Tune in for programs on infotainment, health and welfare of women, women power and women's fashion. For more latest updates: * Watch Vanitha TV Live : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9aewDGtiek * Subscribe to Vanitha TV Channel: https://goo.gl/O9N2d1 * Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanithatv
Shot in Los Angeles, February 2010
We spend the day at the incredible Hollywood Costume exhibition currently on display at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles! Adam Savage explores the gallery with his friend and exhibit curator Deborah Nadoolman Landis--the designer of Indiana Jones' iconic costume. They discuss the role of the costume design in cinematic storytelling and the wonderful stories behind some of the 150 costumes on display. Find out more about the Hollywood Costume exhibition at http://www.oscars.org/hollywoodcostume/ Shot and edited by Joey Fameli Thanks to Deborah Nadoolman Landis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for this amazing opportunity
Michele Clapton, costume designer for the first five seasons of Game of Thrones, joins Deborah Landis, director of the Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA, and Bryan C. Keene, assistant curator of manuscripts at the Getty, to discuss the series' medieval aesthetic and the visual sources for her designs. Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:00 pm PDT Live from the Getty Center, Los Angeles #gettytalks #DesigningGoT #gameofthrones
Bairavaa costume designer NJ Satya talks about working experience with Illayathalapathy Vijay and his years in the industry. The costumes designed by him for Vijay in Bairavaa are colorful and experimental. Bairavaa is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Bharathan and produced by Vijaya Productions. The film stars are Vijay and Keerthy Suresh in the lead roles, while Sathish and Jagapathi Babu amongst others play supporting roles. The music is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, the cinematography is handled by M. Sukumar and the film is edited by Praveen K. L. After entering production in early 2016, the film progressed under the tentative title of Vijay 60, before being named as Bairavaa during September 2016. The film is scheduled for release on 12 January...