Tales From A Costume Designer – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

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Whitney Anne Adams Links:

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United Scenic Artists Local 829 IG: @unitedscenicartists

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ROBERT STADD - Visual Effects Supervisor & VFX Producer

vendredi 16 août 2024 • Duration 01:16:10

Hello everyone! Today’s episode features the Visual Effects Supervisor and Visual Effects Producer Robert Stadd. I was fortunate enough to collaborate with Robert on our Netflix film We Have A Ghost. We get into some fascinating discussions about his work in VFX including the intersection of VFX and Costumes (especially on We Have A Ghost!) as well as covering his extensive film career, and the reasons he turned down Titanic and The Matrix! Also tune in to hear about working on the miniatures for The Crow & Crimson Tide as well how he made a monkey look like he’s smoking for The Hangover. If you head on over to the Patreon, there’s an extended version of the episode with more tales, like working with Michael Mann, designing his favorite shot from Miami Vice and how some Navy Seals accidentally had their hair turn green on Crimson Tide.

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VFX Supervisor & VFX Producer Robert Stadd

Credits include: War Dogs, The Hangover Part 2 & Part 3, The Laundromat, Ali, Collateral, Miami Vice, and Public Enemies

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Robert Stadd has supervised and produced the visual effects for We Have a Ghost, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting, The Laundromat, Mortal Engines, War Dogs, Hangover Part 2 and Part 3, Public Enemies, Miami Vice, Redline, Collateral, Ali, as well as producing the VFX for Nutty Professor (I & II), Galaxy Quest, Liar Liar, Mighty Joe Young, My Fellow Americans, The Crow, Crimson Tide, The Mask, Hot Shots!, Defending Your Life

Stadd directed Alien Siege for the Sy-Fi Channel, which had their highest viewership in five years when it played. He has directed theater at the Off Main Street theater in Santa Monica as well as the Globe Playhouse in West Hollywood. His webisode, The Ballad of Mary and Ernie has won multiple streaming awards.

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Robert Stadd Links:

Instagram: @robertstadd

Twitter: @rstadds

IMDb: Robert Stadd

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IMDb: Whitney Anne Adams

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#NakedWithoutUs Website

United Scenic Artists Local 829 IG: @unitedscenicartists

Local USA 829 Pay Equity Task Force IG: @usa829payequity

IATSE IG: @iatse

MALGOSIA TURZANSKA - Costume Designer

vendredi 9 février 2024 • Duration 01:02:29

I am thrilled to welcome the brilliant and wonderful costume designer Malgosia Turzanska to the show this week! We talk through her process of sketching for every project, her start in student films, working with vegan materials on The Green Knight as well as our work together in the realm of costume pay equity. --- Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska CD credits include: Expats | The Green Knight | X | Pearl | Stranger Things | Hell or High Water | Ain’t Them Bodies Saints --- Malgosia Turzanska was born and raised in Krakow, Poland. She has a BFA in Costume Design from DAMU in Prague, and an MFA in Costume Design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her design credits include Hell or High Water starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine, Season 1 of Stranger Things, which earned her a CDG nomination for Excellence in Period TV, The Green Knight (CDG nomination for Sci-Fi/Fantasy), and Ti West’s two horrors, X and Pearl, which have inspired many a Halloween costume this past year. When not working on movies, Malgosia makes textile sculptures and weird mostly unusable furniture. --- Malgosia Turzanska Links: Website: turzanska.com Instagram: @malgosia_turzanska --- TFACD Links: Instagram: @talesfromacostumedesigner Twitter: @talesfromaCD TikTok: @talesfromaCD --- Whitney Anne Adams Links: Website: whitneyadams.com Instagram: @WAACostumeDesign Twitter: @WhitneyAAdams TikTok: @WAACostumeDesign

ALEXIS FORTE - Costume Designer

vendredi 2 février 2024 • Duration 48:46

Costume Designer Alexis Forte

CD credits include: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Smile | Eric Larue | Resurrection | Miguel Wants to Fight

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I am so thrilled to welcome my friend Alexis to the inaugural episode of TFACD! We begin with the wild story of how we met (randomly in a bar!), then her beginnings in ballet and to PA-ing, assisting and now where she is today as a department head.

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Alexis was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, and moved to Miami at the age of 10. As a child, she trained as a ballet dancer at Miami City Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School and Alvin Ailey, with dance being her gateway into costumes. Alexis pivoted from dance into visual arts in college when she went to London to study at the prestigious Central Saint Martins. Immersed into the world of theatre and film there, she found her calling. Upon graduation Alexis moved to New York City and started her career. She came up as an Assistant Costume Designer working on films such as Jason Reitman’sGhostbusters: Afterlife and The Front Runner; Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royal; Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! and The Whale, and Steven Spielberg’s The Post to name a few. In addition, Alexis was on Jacqueline Durran’s costume design team for Greta Gerwig’s, Little Women, which won Best Costumes at the 2020 Oscars.

Alexis kicked off her own design career with IFC Film’s Resurrection, which premiered at Sundance 2022. Following that up with Smile for Paramount Pictures; Miguel Wants to Fight for Hulu; Michael Shannon’s directorial debut, Eric LaRue, that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2023; and currently Gil Kenan’s sequel to Ghostbusters Afterlife. Alexis also designs for the stage, most recently making her Broadway debut with Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Between Riverside and Crazy, the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama. That production of Between Riverside and Crazy was nominated for a 2023 Tony for Best Play. Alexis is also a proud member of LAByrinth Theater Company.

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Alexis Forte Links:

Website: alexisfortedesign.com

Instagram: @alexis_forte_costumes

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TikTok: @WAACostumeDesign

Introduction

jeudi 25 janvier 2024 • Duration 07:18

Welcome to Tales From A Costume Designer!

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DANIEL SELON - Costume Designer

vendredi 2 août 2024 • Duration 01:52:01

We are BACK!

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Hello everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful summer so far. It has been such busy and overwhelming year for me, so I unfortunately haven’t been able to get a new episode out til now despite my best efforts. Still a one-woman operation over here! Thrilled to be releasing this fantastic conversation with my dear friend and colleague, the phenomenal Costume Designer Daniel Selon. In addition to being a CD, he has also worked extensively as an Assistant Costume Designer and other roles in the costume department. We discuss so many things, including how we break down a script, the way we build our teams, the way we build our teams, the importance of ACDs, the unusual places inspiration can strike, working in the Marvel universe, and of course CDG Pay Equity as we are one half of the Steering Committee of the CDG Pay Equity Committee.

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Costume Designer & Assistant Costume Designer Daniel Selon

CD Credits include: Agatha All Along, Dave Made a Maze, numerous projects with comedians Rhett and Link including Good Mythical Morning

ACD Credits include: WandaVision (he’s an Emmy winner!), Thor: Love and Thunder, Blue Beetle, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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Daniel Selon Links:

Website: danielselon.com

Instagram: @danielselon

Twitter: @danselon

IMDb: Daniel Selon

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Union Links:

#NakedWithoutUs Website

United Scenic Artists Local 829 IG: @unitedscenicartists

Local USA 829 Pay Equity Task Force IG: @usa829payequity

IATSE IG: @iatse

VERA CHOW - Costume Designer

vendredi 24 mai 2024 • Duration 01:25:06

This week’s episode features the imaginative and talented Costume Designer Vera Chow! We had so much fun talking about how we first met, the difference between working in NYC and then working outside of NYC, AAPI representation in filmed media, dealing with tough situations on set, and so much more! I really hope you enjoy this one.

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Costume Designer Vera Chow

Credits include: The Brothers Sun | The Walking Dead | Boogie | Deadbeat

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Vera Chow is a costume designer currently most known for her work on Seasons 10 and 11 of AMC’s The Walking Dead and Netflix's action/dramedy The Brothers Sun, starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh.

Film, Art and Design, was young Vera's coping mechanism for bullying while growing up as a child in Hong Kong. Therefore, determined to move to the US, she knew she wanted to be a Costume Designer since she was 13. Throughout the 15+ years of her career, Chow has worked on films and series worldwide, spanning from North America, South America, to as far as East Asia and Central Asia. She has covered genres from horror to scifi to romantic comedies, comfortably leaping back and forth from 1 million art films to 100 mill epics.

Vera is known for her penchant to acquire anything from thrift store pieces to bedsheets, and taking everything apart and rebuilding them into entirely reimagined costume changes (to the chagrin of her tailors and agers).

And as Vera's experience grew, she also became an outspoken advocate for AAPI representation for below the line film workers.

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Vera Chow Links:

Website: verachowdesigns.com

Instagram: @verachowdesigns

Twitter: @verachowdesigns

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CHEYENNE FORD - Production Designer

vendredi 5 avril 2024 • Duration 01:27:12

I am so excited to welcome wonderful Production Designer Cheyenne Ford to the show today. We’ve worked together on multiple projects including Story Ave, The Caretaker, and The Eyes of My Mother. Cheyenne is also the founder and program director of Art Craft NYC, a program that provides knowledge and training to those interested in becoming entry level in the art department. Applications for the inaugural class are currently open until Saturday April 6th. Head over to their page to get more info!

We had a great conversation that covered so much ground, from mentorship and education to her design process to how much we love the library! And so much more.

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Production Designer Cheyenne Ford

Credits include: Shiva Baby | Story Ave | Miller’s Girl

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Originally hailing from New Orleans, Cheyenne Ford is a New York City based Production Designer for film and advertising. Her eclectic art dept experience has influenced her process on indie favorites like Shiva Baby, the SXSW 2023 World Premiering Story Ave, and Lionsgate and Point Grey produced Miller's Girl starring Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman. When she’s not on set, she’s often working with various organizations to educate and mentor newcomers interested in the art department. Most notably, she is set to launch Art Craft NYC, a month-long hands-on training program, with the inaugural class scheduled for Summer 2024.

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Cheyenne Ford Links:

Cheyenne Ford Website: cheyennedesign.co

CF Instagram: @cheyenne_design

Art Craft NYC Website

Art Craft NYC Instagram: @artcraftnyc

IMDb: Cheyenne Ford

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Pay Equity Links:

Costume Designers Guild Instagram: @cdglocal892

Local USA 829 Pay Equity Task Force Instagram: @usa829payequity

Local USA 829 Pay Equity Task Force Twitter: @usa829payequity

United Scenic Artists Local 829 Instagram: @unitedscenicartists

United Scenic Artists Local 829 Twitter: @USA829IATSE

ALESHA MITCHELL - Costumer

vendredi 22 mars 2024 • Duration 01:10:52

Today’s episode features a fantastic Costumer, Alesha D. Mitchell! Alesha and I met when she was my key/truck costumer on our film The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat. We had a great conversation of wide ranging topics from physically demanding days on set, taking care of ourselves in this industry, money smarts, the difference between and Costumer and a Costume Designer and so much more. We also talked about her YourTube channel: Behind the Scenes and Below the Line. Check out the links below to learn more.

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Costumer Alesha D. Mitchell

As well as the upcoming films Shirley | Gladiator 2 | The Life of Chuck | The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat

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Alesha Mitchell is just here to serve the people! Alesha is a union member with nearly a decade of experience in the film and television industry.

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Alesha D. Mitchell Links:

YouTube Channel: Behind the Scenes and Below the Line (@AleshaDMitchell)

Instagram: @aleshadmitchell

TikTok: @aleshadmitchell

Facebook: @alesha.mitchell.73

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