Designing Costume for Stage and Screen by Deirdre Clancy

By Deirdre Clancy

"She is the main splendidly creative and brilliantly gifted fashion designer" Dame Judi Dench on Clancy. Deirdre Clancy is without doubt one of the so much skilled and finished gown designers within the enterprise. during this e-book, she supplies her inside of wisdom of designing for level and reveal, including tv, movie, theatre and opera. She incorporates a short illustrated heritage of dress layout - from the Greeks to woman Gaga - a useful advisor for college kids and present designers. half takes the reader during the layout approach: the way you pass approximately doing it, and different strands of gown layout - from modern outfits via to interval dress, tips on how to speak with the viewers, designing on paper and with Photoshop or on an iPad and the way to proportion and converse your rules and good as temper forums and collages for notion. half 3 is set the area of gown layout - what it includes and the way to get into the sector, who does what and the diversities among operating for level and reveal productions. Clancy advises on budgets and improvisation and covers the entire practicalities and behind-the-scenes information. half 4 appears at interval dress from the darkish a while as much as the 20th century, encompassing authenticity and feasibility. eventually, half 5 appears to be like at person case experiences intensive, together with opera and Shakespeare productions. filled with nice drawings and case reviews, this is often a vital e-book for any scholar or expert dress fashion designer searching for extra inside of recommendation. no matter if you're a dressmaker for the level or monitor, this publication has anything new for you with recommendation from the best within the business.

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