I think it's really important to have diversity because the actors are diverse, and often the stories are as well. So, as a trainee you could be helping anybody.It really is basically whatever needs doing. and there's a lot of organisational stuff to do, because we have to make continuity notes, so everything that's filmed we have to make notes of,Īnd you really need to learn what everybody does. You also could be helping with fittings, there's lots of different jobs, but when it comes to filming, mostly as a trainee you'll be on the wardrobe truck and you would be helping with anything from laundry, labelling garments, potentially helping with the fittings. If you start at the beginning of the job, then you would be helping with research, potentially, that might involve doing online research, going to libraries, you might be shopping as well, or going to the costume house with the designer, helping to find the costumes. So as a trainee, you could be shopping or you might be helping on set. If you really want something I just think keep trying. You make great contacts, you make your friends, you learn as you go along, because when you get onto a bigger production, you need to know about set etiquette and just knowing how to behave. You know, it's hard, you might have to have another job as well to be able to afford to do those jobs 'cos they're not always very well paid, but when I did my MA I literally left and did dozens of short films basically which was really good fun. It's great to start on the smaller budget jobs. I think it's really important to get experience. There's a lot to learn and I think as long as you're really focussed and hard working you'll get on. You've got to be prepared to work your way up. There are also trainee schemes, you know, most people come in as a runner or a trainee, that might not seem like the most exciting kinda glamorous thing at first but you have to work your way up. You have to be quite persistent and y'know, reaching out to people, writing to people that you want to work with. The hours are long, very long, you have to be really determined. You have to be prepared to work really hard. Learn about the history of costume, and fashion. My experience as someone who came through fashion, I learnt I can sew, I can pattern cut, I know how to make patterns, so that means that when I'm working with makers now, I'm able to explain how I want something made. When I'm interviewing, it really helps if they have a costume or a fashion degree, and I think it's really important to study history of costume but also to learn to sew. We might remake them in a different colour or add something, change something about the look, like the sleeves bor add decoration to them. Or we might find some vintage pieces to use as reference, It really depends on the project, but everything's fitted for each character so I'll do fittings with the actors and I might find some amazing vintage pieces that don't fit, so then we would get them copied. And then I start looking for reference pictures to make mood boards to illustrate the costumes. so I decided to go and do an MA in costume design for performance.Įvery day is different really in costume, but at the beginning of the job I start by researching, so I'll read the script, usually two or three times and start to make notes. And then I decided I wanted to move into costume design for film and television, and theatre hopefully. Well I originally studied fashion design and worked in magazines and advertising for many years. My name's Lisa Duncan and I was the costume designer for Mangrove.
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