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Filmcraft: Costume Design

  • 1st Edition - March 16, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Deborah Nadoolman Landis
  • Language: English

Actors often say they only really assume the identity of their character when they have donned the costumes painstakingly created for them by the costume designer. In this vo… Read more

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Description

Actors often say they only really assume the identity of their character when they have donned the costumes painstakingly created for them by the costume designer. In this volume of the FilmCraft series of books, sixteen of the world’s leading costume designers come together to share their inspiration and knowledge with the reader. They provide insights into the challenges of envisioning a character, working with budgets, and collaborating with production designers, actors and directors. Designers featured include Academy Award winners Aggie Guerard Rodgers, Janty Yates and Lindy Hemming.

Key features

  • Discussions with the world’s most notable filmmakers, giving insights into professional practice, working relationships, and influences
  • Sidebars featuring practical advice on topics that filmmakers can apply to their own work
  • Interview-based format with perspectives from the greats appeals to non-practitioner film lovers

Readership

Filmmakers, film buffs, and film theorists/critics.

Table of contents

Introduction; Jenny Beavan; Yvonne Blake; Mark Bridges; Danilo Donati; Shay Cunliffe; Sharen Davis; Lindy Hemming; Elizabeth Haffenden; Joanna Johnston; Michael Kaplan; Judianna Makovsky; Jean Louis; Maurizio Millenotti; Ellen Mirojnick; Aggie Rodgers; Ruth Morley; Penny Rose; Julie Weiss; Janty Yates; Mary Zophres; Shirley Russell.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 16, 2012
  • Language: English

About the author

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Deborah Nadoolman Landis

Affiliations and expertise
Deborah Nadoolman Landis is President of The Costume Designers Guild, Local 892. She has designed for many cinematic landmarks, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Blues Brothers, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and Coming to America for which she received an academy award nomination. Dr. Landis has a PhD from the Royal College of Art in the History of Design.