What do we
notice when a person is walking toward us? We notice what are they wearing.
That’s how we present ourselves. Sometimes we are wearing sloppy shirts, other
times we are all dressed up. We try to communicate through whatever we are wearing
at first. We’re more confident when we know in our heads that we look good.
We’ve all
seen the work film industries put in the celebrity’s dresses that is because
they will represent a character, which is ninety percent described by our
wardrobe. We want our characters to be dressed as we want our audience to see
them. By choosing their dresses we are making a statement. Their attire decides
how the audience is planning on connecting with them emotionally or
intellectually. A point of view is formed by our audience simply by looking at
the character even before the dialogue comes in. we all knew we hated Voldemort
in harry potter and loved Hermoine, again it’s all how the writer wants us to perceive
his/her characters.
In film production, a big fat part of the cost goes
into the wardrobe. What character should dress homeless and what character
should be presented as rich. After that every shot clearly indicated what colors,
they should be wearing, this is of course according to the lightning in the scene.
Every film project decides carefully whom they want to be their costume
designer because that single person would be carrying the whole show on his
back. It’s just not the dress, what do we add to compliment the dress, what
accessories we add, and what kind of makeup would we put on the character. Everything
creates a final look. That’s how much thought goes into developing one
character.
Costume designers start by reading the script that
will be created. If the performance is situated in a historical period, the
fashions of that time must be researched. The costume designer may want to show
a few basic outfit sketches during the initial meeting with the director and
the design to stimulate the flow of ideas.
This is also a good moment to double-check with the
director on the exact number of characters who will require costumes, as any
non-speaking characters the filmmaker intends to cast may not be specified in
the script.
The costume scheme is the job of the costume designer.
The costume plan is a list or chart that illustrates which characters appear in
each scene, what they're wearing, and how they move around the stage.
When the director and production team have approved
the costume designer’s preliminary sketches, she or he can draw up the final
costume designs. The final designs are fully colorized. They show the style,
silhouette, textures, accessories, and unique features of each costume.
Once the show opens, the designer’s work is
essentially complete. Now it’s normally the job of a wardrobe assistant to make
sure that every aspect of the production runs just as the designer intended,
time after time until the production close.
That’s how much work gets into a character that we
judge in seconds.
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