The Indie Producers Handbook by Myrl A. Schreibman

Author:Myrl A. Schreibman [Schreibman, Myrl A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7704-3351-2
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2012-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

Wardrobe Supervisor (IATSE Local 705)

On an IATSE project, a wardrobe supervisor (costumer) is not permitted to take pen to paper to design even one scrap of a costume. Of course, on a nonunion project no such rule exists and it is not uncommon to find the onset wardrobe person is also the designer and faced with such tasks as supervising the manufacture of wardrobe, or shopping for specific wardrobe for actors during production. This will require the hiring of several onset assistants. The wardrobe supervisor must also handle wardrobe for atmosphere when it is applicable to the story, although atmosphere are generally asked to come in wearing their own wardrobe. If it is a period or historical project the wardrobe for atmosphere can get quite complex. The wardrobe supervisor must also consider the bit roles since this department must make sure that all people who populate a scene are appropriately dressed.

It is imperative that set wardrobe people have certain creative skills—which include the ability to research atmosphere wardrobe along the lines of the designer’s vision—and certain organizational skills required to maintain continuity of clothing from one scene to the next. A big budget item in wardrobe is for Polaroid film and cameras, which allow the Wardrobe Department to constantly photograph actors and keep a record of what and how they are wearing the clothes in the production. Some onset wardrobe supervisors use a digital still camera and a laptop computer to maintain this information. This saves the expense of Polaroids and makes the whole process more manageable. Onset wardrobe people must also have fitting and stitching skills, because most of the time they are working out of a wardrobe truck and a seamstress and shop crew are not available. The wardrobe truck must contain clothing racks for the wardrobe, ironing boards, sewing machines, steamer machines and possibly even a small generator. On smaller projects, the wardrobe vehicle is also used for props. Since the wardrobe crew works with the actors on a day-to-day basis it is somewhat like going to camp. They are the camp counselors who have to be with the actors the entire time making them look as right as possible whether they are playing heroes or homeless people. It is up to the Wardrobe Department to ensure that the actors are true to the designers’ big picture because that is developed from the producer’s and the director’s creative vision.

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