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Costume Design (Screencraft Series) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "James Acheson grew up in Essex in the UK and attended art school in Wimbledon before venturing into costume design..." (more)
Key Phrases: bob ringwood, designing costumes, costume sketches, New York, Academy Award, Van Runkle (more...)

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"This large, full color book is a fascinating compliation of costume designers' sketches and photos of the finished products from both classic and contemporary movies whose costumes were so distinctive they became characters in their own right." - Express News

"looks at what actors wear on screen. Interviews with costume designers chronicle the creation of elaborate get-ups..." - Erin Hanafy, Associated Press

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This beautifully illustrated book on costume design is the seventh entry in the very successful Screencraft series.

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Product Details

Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (July 8, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0240805909
ISBN-13: 978-0240805900
Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds

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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #909,627 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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James Acheson grew up in Essex in the UK and attended art school in Wimbledon before venturing into costume design. Read the first page

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bob ringwood, designing costumes, costume sketches, costume design, production designer, real clothes

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New York, Academy Award, Van Runkle, Steven Spielberg, Animal House, Francis Ford Coppola, Indiana Jones, John Landis, The Last Emperor, Warren Beatty, Spike Lee, The Godfather, Buffalo Bill, Dustin Hoffman, John Belushi, Martin Scorsese, Out of Africa, Terry Gilliam, The Leopard, Barry Lyndon, Clockwork Orange, Dick Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Mauro Bolognini, Paul Mazursky

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This book cites 37 books:

A Clockwork Orange (HB) by Kubrick Stanley on page 14, page 15, and page 16
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Illustrated Novel (Applause Screenplay Series) by Charles McKeown on page 83, and page 85
Gangs of New York, The by Martin Scorsese on page 105, and page 108
New York, New York! (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special) by Ann M. Martin on page 151, and page 153
The Cotton Club (St Martin's Original Screenplay Series) by Francis Ford Coppola on page 14, and page 15

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The Amazing, Colossal Book of Horror Trivia: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Scary Movies but Were Afraid to Ask by Jonathan Malcolm Lampley on page 157

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5.0 out of 5 stars Film Costume Designers In Their Own Voices, July 17, 2003

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The most recent book in Focal Press' Screencraft series, this book is a revealing look at the job of a film costume designer, told from the point of view of the practitioners. The names, faces and stories behind the most famous costumes from cinema are represented. From period films to contemporary, from mainstream to art films, from stylized costumes to naturalistic, the designers interviewed reveal their design process and the purpose of costume design, as well as what it's like working with stars and directors. The Academy Award nominated (if not winning) designers interviewed include: Theodora Van Runkle ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Italian designer Piero Tosi ("The Leopard"), Jeffrey Kurland ("Erin Brokovich"), the books author Deborah Nadoolman ("Raiders of the Lost Ark"), Ann Roth ("The Hours"), Japanese designer Eiko Ishioka ("Bram Stoker's Dracula"), Anthony Powell ("Tess"), Albert Wolsky ("All That Jazz"), Sandy Powell ("The Crying Game"), Gabriella Pescucci ("The Age of Innocence"), Ruth Carter ("Malcolm X"), Milena Canonero ("A Clockwork Orange"), James Acheson ("Dangerous Liaisons"), and Bob Ringwood ("Batman"). A fascinating behind the scenes look at a craft typically invisible to the audience. All of the designers deserve this long overdue recognition, and this book celebrates their work with interviews, color photos, and costume illustrations. Perhaps a future second volume might include interviews with designers Colleen Atwood, Patricia Norris and the design team of Jenny Beavan and John Bright?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, full-color, expertly written and designed, July 26, 2003

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This book is invaluable for anyone interested in learning about costume design--from the designers themselves. Fourteen highly accomplished designers discuss their craft in highly engaging and informative interviews, conducted by the author, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, herself an Academy Award-nominated costume designer. This is the kind of stuff that is usually neglected in "Making Of" film books and Hollywood history tomes. The interviews are augmented by hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs and costume sketches, which in themselves are more than worth the price of the book. Highly recommended!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on movie costume available, July 21, 2003

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This book is ideal for anyone interested in fashion or costume, and the creative process that goes into the creation of design. Landis, a costume designer herself, interviews most of the best costume designers working in film today. So unlike other books on costume design, where you get one person's opinion on the craft--and that person is usually a critic or academic who doesn't really have experience working in the field--here you get straight information direct from the creative people themselves.

The pictures are fabulous, so I think this book has appeal for anybody interested in clothes, movies, or design. Obviously, it will be a necessity for anyone interested in costume design or interested in being a costume designer.

Although there is a section on Landis' work on such movies as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Coming to America, she has obviously expertly edited the interviews that make up the text of the book. It seems as if the reader is sitting in the living room of these famous costume designers, chatting casually about how they got started, what inspires them, and some of their most interesting professional experiences.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for Costume Designers
Finally, a book not on how to design, but rather the experiences of many famous and wonderfully talented Costume Designers. Read more

Published 13 months ago by April C. Grenot

5.0 out of 5 stars I <3 this book
This book is great, if you want to be a costume designer or just interested in it this book is for you. It has a lot of good pictures and just really awesome!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal!
Besides Edith Head, how many costume designers can you actually name? This book is a phenomenal collection of interviews with some of the best working film costume designers. Read more

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