beautiful ruins : costume design
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Beautiful Ruins : Costume Design. Mary Claire – Stella – Haylee – Liz. Our Project. 2 costume boards 1960’s board and modern board Hands-on / organic Mix of images, fabrics, and fashion objects Overall “looks,” hair, and makeup - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Beautiful Ruins: Costume Design
Mary Claire – Stella – Haylee – Liz
Our Project 2 costume boards
1960’s board and modern board Hands-on / organic Mix of images, fabrics, and fashion objects Overall “looks,” hair, and makeup Looked to actors / actresses casted for the film
for inspiration Blockbuster budget Our adaptation: true to book, with a few
updates
Our Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood Nominated for 10 Academy Awards for best
costume design Won 3 Academy Awards for Chicago, Memoirs
of a Geisha, and Alice and Wonderland Close collaborator with Tim Burton, Rob
Marshall, Jonathan Demme
1960’s Board Dee
Jackie Kennedy / Grace Kelly “Wide-brimmed hat” Old Hollywood glamour Classic
Pasquale Image-conscious Put-together despite not having money Third-rate Italian suits Slicked-back hair
1960’s Board Cont. Michael Dean / Richard Burton
Old Hollywood Expensive looking Wealth Dean as a Cary Grant-type character
Alvis Bender Rugged Former soldier turned writer
Strappy, intellectual Ernest Hemingway
Modern Day Board Dee
Still attractive as an older lady Good taste
Michael Dean An older version of his younger self Still wearing expensive suits
Modern Day Board Cont. Claire
The ultimate modern girl Sophisticated Young Hollywood Real life Emma Stone
Shane Wheeler Went against the book Modern, young Hollywood, Hip Professional
History of Costume Design First decade and a half
If contemporary clothing was needed, actors/actresses wore their own
1912 – costume rental companies 1920s – jobs and opportunities with boom of
film industry Costume design is integral to movies