Table of Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition vii
Acknowledgements ix
Personal Introduction x
1 The Role of The Costume Designer in Film and Television 1
Union definitions and job descriptions
2 Getting in the Business 13
Strategies and concerns
3 The Job Interview 19
Strategies
4 The Deal 23
Basic deal points
5 Programming and First Presentations 27
Getting a direction - presenting a concept
6 Setting Up the Department 31
Working together
Costume Designer/Supervisor
Setting up a department calendar
7 Script Breakdown 35
Reading the script for department requirements
8 The Budget Package 47
Assembling a budget package for production
9 Costume Design 59
Breaking down the script for Designers, Design theory, Illustrating the drama, Creating character, Manufacture
10 Specialty Costumes 87
11 Color Theory 91
12 Sketching 97
13 Production Meetings 111
The relationship between "Wardrobe" and every other department
(Nobody likes surprises)
14 Accumulating Costumes 123
Developing an angle of attack: rental houses, the package deal
Costume manufacture
15 Assembling The Costumes 137
Organizing the stock for work
16 Fitting The Actor 141
The "Show-and-Tell"
17 Aging And Distressing 153
Techniques and supplies
18 The Shoot 161
Primary objective, day-to-day operation, foreign locations
19 Television 179
Various types of TV work
20 The Wrap 187
A good return, losses and damages, final accounting
21 Reference Section 193
List of costume houses in America and Europe
Collection of sketches and drawings
Examples of budget and breakdown pages
About the Author 200
