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Dark
Crystal by Petra
Mountfort
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My creature comes from
a fantasy mystical world, an evil skeksee from ‘The Dark Crystal’, a movie
that amazed and scared me as a child. I knew that this movie was something
I could watch over and over again and still be amazed by it.
From
day one I had my heart set on creating a skeksee. I felt that to make this
creature, I had to visualise the world that it lived in. I have always
been a bit of a dreamer, so this was not a problem.
I have
been lucky enough to have a lot of very clever people. I wanted to
make something that was evil but beautiful, and it had to be purple.
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The
Queen of Hearts by Karen
Heggie
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Hearts is my favourite character from Alice in Wonderland because she is
so extreme and unreal. She wields irresistible and unforgiving power- “Off
with their Heads” – is the screamed response to anyone who crosses her
authority.
The
richness of the “royal” colours of red and purple and the complexity of
the “jewelled” design detail in the Queen of Hearts dress reflect the regal
power and stature of her supposed position of royalty. They are very much
a part of the majestical behaviour usually of a Queen. In my mind therefore,
the more “royal” the dress, the greater will be the theatrical contrast
and excitement when she actually exercises her extreme and “out there”
crazy behaviour – especially when she screams her command of “off with
Their Heads!”
My
mentor Andrew Monaghan and I firstly brainstormed some ideas of the dress
sketched design, and cut patterns. I made a calico toile and fitted it
to my model and cut and stitched the fabric of the dress. Then came the
fun part of attaching the trim and beading, making the head-dress and applying
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Madame
Butterfly by Joanne
Morton
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My integrated
project is Madame Butterfly, an Opera created by Giacomo Puccini, which
first opened in Milan in 1904. This is a tragic
love story set in Japan at the start of the 20th Century.
During
this course we have covered period costumes from the European powers.
I
have always had a fascination with the Asian cultures and so this was a
great opportunity for me to research and explore the great history of clothing
in Japan.
I
have thoroughly enjoyed this course and would recommend it to those interested.
Not only is it a gateway to this growing industry but it gives you experience
and confidence in whatever you pursue.
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The
Little Mermaid
by
Penny Mackie
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The
main inspiration for my costume is from the Hans Christian Andersons tragic
love story of the little mermaid, my ideas and colours are drawn from the
beauty of the sea and research of mermaids.
The
silhouette is from period costume dating 1878. The skirt underpinning is
a bustle used in this era.
The
performance follows the sad story of the Little Mermaid and her emotions
that she feels as a young siren trapped under the sea.
She
suffers pain and frustration because she has fallen in love with a human
prince. The mermaids heart longs and aches and finally in desperation she
seeks help from the evil sea witch and exchanges her beautiful voice and
her magnificent tail for a chance to win his love and an immortal soul.
The
mermaids efforts are in vain and the prince is forced to marry another
and as part of the deal with the witch she trusts her body into the depths
of the sea and dissolves into sea foam.
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have worked in the industry for nearly 6 years now, I’ve worked on major
feature films costume making and costume standby. I’ve
also worked a little in the theatre but my love is working on films and
creating costumes.
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Wonder
Woman by
Edith Lowthe
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It
was interesting to move from the soft fragile qualities of leather compared
to the rigid effects of fibreglass, and creating shapes out of clay. Completing
workplacement on the Farscape as well as studying hard and Soft Sculpture
and Art Finishing has given me the confidence and inspiration to attempt
things that I would not have considered previously.
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For my
integrated project I chose to create costumes for the Wonder Woman comic
book character. I was looking for a strong feminine archetype and I have
admired her since I was a little girl.
In selecting the
designs I wanted to challenge myself with using materials. I had never
worked with before to mould the human form.
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Vertigo
by
Jan Bailey
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come from classic Hitchcock thrillers like “North by North West”, “Rear
Window”, and “Marnie”, but Vertigo has always been a favourite because
of its graphics, sound track and simplicity.
I took
Edith Heads original costumes and made small designs and colour changes
and came up with two classic but simple costumes for the two faces of Kim
Novak.
Research
involved solving the complexities of pattern cutting to achieve a 50’s
silhouette. The under garments being equally important in replicating
the authenticity of costumes of the 1950’s.
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Alice
Through the Looking Glass by Karen Roberts
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‘The Lion and the
Unicorn were fighting for the crown:
The lion beat the
unicorn all around the town.
Some gave them white
bread, some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum-cake
and drummed them out of town’
…….The Unicorn
looked dreamily at Alice, and said ‘Talk child’.
Alice could not help
her lips curling up into a smile as she began: ‘Do you know, I always thought
Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!’
‘Well, now that we
have seen each other,’ said the Unicorn, ‘if you’ll believe in me, I’ll
believe in you.
Is that a bargain?’
‘Yes, if you like,
said Alice.
‘Come, fetch out the
plum-cake, the Unicorn went on, ‘None of that brown bread for me!…………
The Lion had joined
them while this was going on: he looked very tired and sleepy, and his
eyes were half shut. ‘What’s this!’ he said, blinking lazily at Alice,
‘Ah, what is it, now?’
the Unicorn cried eagerly. You’ll never guess!
The Lion looked at
Alice wearily, ‘Are you animal – or vegetable – or mineral?’ he said, yawning
at every other word.
‘It’s fabulous monster!’
the Unicorn cried out, before Alice could reply.
‘Then hand round the
plum-cake, Monster,’ the Lion said, lying down and putting his chin on
his paws. ‘And sit down, ‘fair play with the cake, you know!’
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La
Misanthrope by
Michelle Down
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