Costuming

Academy Award Winners for Costume Design

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

• The Devil Wears Prada

• Dreamgirls

• The Aviator

Academy Award Winners for Makeup

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

• Men in Black

Telling the story with costumes

• every garment is considered a costume

• study the screenplay

• overall vision

• casting choices

• overall color palette

• mood

Costume Design

• visit scene locales

• study historic time periods

1. Examine your film for its costume design.

2. Do the costumes look appropriate for the time period and the character?

3. What kind of research did the costume designer have to do in order to create the costumes?

Costume Design

• visit scene locales

• study historic time periods

Costume Design• purchased, rented or created

• altered

• aged

• brushes, dye, mineral oil, hammers

• designed

• Indiana Jones’ hat

Costume Design

• supporting actors

• stunt doubles

• must accommodate safety equipment

• extras (background talent)

1. Do the clothes your main characters wear “fit” the story?

2. List everything you know about a main character in your book. Include age, social status, attitudes, background and gender. What colors, patterns, accessories and clothing accents, such as buttons, lace, ribbons and ties would be appropriate for this character?

Costume Design• color considerations

• different colors for different characters

• main characters often wear brighter colors

• underwear, shoes and fabric textures affect the actor

• some fabrics are distracting to the camera

• some fabrics are overwhelming on a 40 foot screen

Makeup

• corrects imperfections

• long lasting

• different for black and white versus color movies

• inventive use of products

Lon Chaney - The Man of 1000 Faces

Makeup

• wax

• latex rubber

• digitally enhanced

1. Examine the makeup used in your film.

2. Can you tell what techniques may have been used?

3. Is the makeup effective in telling the story?

Creating Character

• work with set designer and costume designer for a complete look

• historically accurate

• appearance must be consistent from shot to shot

• special effects makeup

1. Compare the makeup in your movie with one set in a similar time period or genre.

2. Is there a consistency from film to film?