Major Project: Running Wardrobe On The Dance Film.

On this part of my major project one of my roles is as head of running wardrobe. This is a new role to me and something I had minimal experience in. In order to prepare myself I made checklists so that I made sure we had everything we needed and checked through what the jobContinue reading “Major Project: Running Wardrobe On The Dance Film.”

Major Project: Waistcoat Alterations

During the dance film I have also had to recap my sewing skills and practice my sewing abilities to a high standard in order to alter and further some of the waistcoats. I assisted the making tutor by finishing off one of the waistcoats. I was tasked with doing the bones and eyelets, binding theContinue reading “Major Project: Waistcoat Alterations”

Major Project: Movement Parade

Part of the Dance Film included a movement parade where the dancers try on all their costumes and we get to see a glimpse at the choreography whilst seeing what works with the costumes and what doesn’t. Again this was a new experience for me and really required me to be prepared as a supervisorContinue reading “Major Project: Movement Parade”

Major Project: Initial Designs Lysistrata

Whilst designing for this part of my Major Project I had a minimal amount of base garments I could use due the time period of the piece. I had 3 main layers for the women and a several amountod garments for the men and several large groups of both women and men to start designingContinue reading “Major Project: Initial Designs Lysistrata”

Major Project: Initial Designs

One of my goals for major project whilst working on Lysistrata was to practice drawing drape and making the fabric have movement to it. That is partly why I chose Lysistrata as it consists of lots of lightweight flowing fabric which I will need to draw effectively. I started to develop this skill by tracingContinue reading “Major Project: Initial Designs”

Major Project: Preparing For Fittings

During the process of getting to filming the Dance Film a key part that has to take place is the fittings. Over the last couple of weeks the design team has been working on getting everything prepared and ready for the fittings. I have not had any experience for preparing for a full formal fittingContinue reading “Major Project: Preparing For Fittings”

Major Project: Lysistrata

Another part of my Major project is designing costumes for a hypothetical. I have chosen the play Lysistrata By Aristophanes. This play and concept is completely different from anything that I have designed for previously. I am hoping to develop my design skills further and refresh my memory on some skills that I have notContinue reading “Major Project: Lysistrata”

Major Project: Surface Decoration

During this project I was part of the process of sampling surface decoration and relearning screen printing skills in the dye room. The designer told me how she wanted it all to be and I was enlisted on getting the base done for her to add the final touches. I found that during this processContinue reading “Major Project: Surface Decoration”

Major Project: Fabric Allocations And Ordering

I was involved with finding fabrics for this project which proved to be a new and unusual challenge due to COVID and lockdown. Meaning we had to source online and wait for delivery which meant we had to start the process much earlier than we usually would. We as a group left it slightly toContinue reading “Major Project: Fabric Allocations And Ordering”