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Filmjackets.com Interview with Yours Truly

Published by KMB on May 10, 2013 in Interviews. 1 Comment Tags: burk, Burke, costume, costumes, death sentence, design, designer, designs, dress, dresses, film, film jackets, filmjackets.com, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, internet, interview, jacket, jackets, james wan, kristen, Kristin, movie, movies, talk, tv, wardrobe, website.

Death-Sentence

Hey there, Frocktalkers – Happy FRIDAY! Here’s a little interview you can read on your phone while you are stuck in traffic on the 101 on your way home from work. Our friend Rick over at Filmjackets.com interviewed me for his site, and I thought you might find it interesting, or maybe hilarious, or maybe it will make you want to punch me in the face. I don’t know. I hope you don’t want to punch me in the face, but I can’t control that. OMG, is it the weekend yet?! I am fried!! INTERVIEW HERE Enjoy, and have a great weekend, everyone!!

- KMB

Burt Wonderstone: Interview with Designer Dayna Pink!

Published by KMB on April 14, 2013 in Interviews. 1 Comment Tags: burt, burt wonderstone, clothes, clothing, costume, costumes, crazy, crazy stupid love, dana, dayna, design, designer, designs, dress, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, hot, hot tub time machine, incredible, jack black, jacket, last, last vegas, machine, movie, movies, pink, sarah silverman, steve carell, stupid love, style, styling, stylist, suit, talk, television, the, time, tub, tv, vegas, wardrobe, wonderstone.

Olivia Wilde as Jane in “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”

Frocktalkers, I am very excited to share this interview with you. I sat down for breakfast with costume designer Dayna Pink, and we ended up talking about everything from Tenacious D to the tenuous work-life balance in our industry. Grab a cup of coffee and join us for breakfast!

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HOLLYWOOD COSTUME Coming to Melbourne!

Published by KMB on April 10, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: albert, australia, australian, center, centre, costume, costumes, deborah, design, designer, designers, designs, display, exhibit, exhibition, fashion, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, history. collection, hollywood, image, landis, movie, movies, moving, nadoolman, show, talk, v & a, victoria.

hollywood-costume

Frocktalkers, remember that awesome HOLLYWOOD COSTUME exhibit that Deborah Nadoolman Landis put together at the V & A in London last October? Well, it’s on the move! The show will open at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne on April 24. This is a DO NOT MISS event, people. If you are in Australia or New Zealand (or anywhere else close-by), this exhibit merits a trip, for sure. It’s so exciting. More info HERE! Enjoy, everyone!

- KMB

Sync On Set!

Published by KMB on April 5, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: breakdown, continuity, costume, design, designer, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, hair, makeup, movie, movies, on, set, sync, system, talk, television, tv, wardrobe, work.

BOOK ANTI

Hey Frocktalkers! If you don’t know about Sync on Set yet, you really need to listen up. It’s a cloud-based continuity system. Use your computer, iPad, iPhone to track continuity, break down scripts, communicate with the department, share information, etc. We used it on Insidious 2 and it was really great – we didn’t even need a set binder, kids – it was amazing. They have an AUTOMATED SCRIPT BREAKDOWN (okay?!) and if that’s not enough for you, they offer free classes and tutorials. Here’s more info!

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FIDM Art of Motion Picture Costume Design 2013

Published by KMB on February 10, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: anna karenina, art, artist, award, awards, costume, costumes, design, django, exhibit, exhibition, FIDM, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, hunger games, huntsman, lincoln, mirror mirror, motion, movie, movies, of, oscar, oscars, picture, royal affair, snow, talk, white.

Ravenna's "Beetle" costume from Snow White and the Huntsman - designed by Colleen Atwood

Well, Frocktalkers, the big annual FIDM Art of Motion Picture Costume Design event was tonight! I’ve taken a bunch of pictures for those of you out-of-towners who can’t see it in person. However, if you ARE in town, you should really see it for yourself. It’s pretty awesome. It runs until the 27th April! Here’s the gallery:

Set #1

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40787728@N05/

Set #2

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40904510@N04/

Set #3

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40966110@N08/

- KMB

Spotlight On: Background Artist Kimberly Ables Jindra!

Published by KMB on February 8, 2013 in Interviews. 0 Comments Tags: ables, actor, actress, artist, artists, background, BG, cast, casting, costume, costumes, extra, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, jindra, job, jobs, kimberly, LA Casting, mark bridges, movie, movies, talk, television, the master, tv, wardrobe, work.

Kimberly Ables Jindra

As costume designers, supervisors and costumers, we often interact daily with background artists. How many of us have ever stopped to think about who these people are, what their lives are like, and how they view US? I talk here with background artist Kimberly Ables Jindra – we’ve worked together on a few films, and I am very fond of her. I thought it might be illuminating for you Frocktalkers to consider the other side of the coin when it comes to background players. We get so busy, so crazed, and we operate under such pressure that I think it’s worthwhile to remind ourselves that background artists are not just bodies; they are people, too.

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Mama

Published by KMB on January 27, 2013 in Reviews. 0 Comments Tags: chastian, coat, coats, costume, costumes, dress, dresses, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, isabelle, jessica, luis, mama, movie, movies, nelisse, sequeira, shirt, shirts, style, talk, wardrobe.

Just some brief thoughts about Mama, since we start shooting on Monday and sadly I don’t have time to do a full review. It’s a scary movie, mostly contemporary with a few flashbacks to the 1880s. Bottom line – BRAVO for the great use of the three-wolf t-shirt. I won’t spoil the surprise for you, Frocktalkers, but watch the movie and spot the three-wolf t-shirt. Also nicely done: the Misfits t-shirts on Jessica Chastain. The overall look of the movie was augmented by great moody lighting and desaturation of the colors in the film (probably in post). The little girls are precious and also creepy, particularly the youngest daughter Lilly (Isabelle Nelisse). It’s a scary movie, but I thought it was pretty mild, actually. It’s a clean PG-13, and the costumes are interesting for sure! Look for the three-wolf t-shirt – it actually made me say “oooh!” out loud in the theater! Nice work, (costume designer) Luis Sequeira, and congrats to the entire costume team!

- KMB

Awardsapalooza 2013: Nomination Rumination!

Published by KMB on January 17, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: 2012, 2013, award, awards, cdg, contemporary, costume, crew, design, designer, designers, designs, fantasy, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, guild, movie, movies, nomination, nominations, nominee, nominees, period, talk, television, tv, wardrobe.

I apologize for the brief, succinct posting of the nominees for the CDG awards. I was in the middle of a production meeting when the news broke (!) so – don’t tell anyone – but I was busy typing away here at Frocktalk when I probably should have been listening to something important being explained by our first AD. So if we come up empty-handed on some big day on this movie and we don’t have what we need? Sorry, Albert! My bad!

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Awardsapalooza: the BAFTA Nominations!

Published by KMB on January 9, 2013 in NOTES. 0 Comments Tags: 2012, 2013, anna karenina, atwood, award, awards, bafta, beatrix, british, clothes, colleen, costume, design, designer, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, great expectations, huntsman, jacqueline durran, joanna, johnston, les mis, les miserables, lincoln, movie, movies, nomination, nominations, nominee, nominees, paco delgado, pasztor, snow white, talk, television, wardrobe.

Congratulations to the BAFTA nominees in costume design!! They are:

Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor, Great Expectations
Paco Delgado, Les Miserables
Joanna Johnston, Lincoln
Colleen Atwood, Snow White and the Huntsman

And CDG members, don’t forget to mail your nominating ballots in to the office!! They are due by 5PM on Monday the 14th. BAFTA Awards take place on Sunday, February 10, 2013. Congratulations to the nominees and their teams!!

- KMB

Blancanieves

Published by KMB on December 24, 2012 in Reviews. 0 Comments Tags: apple, award, awards, berger, blancanieves, bull, bullfight, bullfighter, bullfighting, cape, costume, costumes, delgado, design, designer, designs, dress, evil, fight, film, films, frock, frock talk, frocktalk, frocktalk.com, garcia, gown, latin, macarena, mantilla, maribel, movie, movies, ole, outfit, outfits, pablo, paco, poison, poisoned, queen, score, silent, snow, snow white, spain, spanish, stepmother, talk, toreador, toreo, toro, veil, verdu, wardrobe, white.

Review Date: 12-23-12

Release Date:

Runtime: 104 minutes

Period: 1920s-ish, Spain

Costume Designer: Paco Delgado

Okay, if you think that Les Misérables has great costumes, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Paco Delgado, the designer of Les Mis, hits a homerun with the silent, black-and-white (Spanish) adaptation of the Snow White story, Blancanieves. Let’s put it this way – his is the first in the main title credits. That says something. This is masterful work, and for me, his breathtaking work on Les Mis pales in comparison to his absolutely genius work in Blancanieves.

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Tag Archive for 'movies'

Filmjackets.com Interview with Yours Truly

Burt Wonderstone: Interview with Designer Dayna Pink!

HOLLYWOOD COSTUME Coming to Melbourne!

Sync On Set!

FIDM Art of Motion Picture Costume Design 2013

Spotlight On: Background Artist Kimberly Ables Jindra!

Mama

Awardsapalooza 2013: Nomination Rumination!

Awardsapalooza: the BAFTA Nominations!

Blancanieves

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