COSTUME DESIGN 101: The Art and Business of Costume Design for Film and Television

Richard La Motte

Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, USA

Year 2010

Pages 220

Learning about motion picture costuming is a complicated process. This book on costuming and costume design should be required reading for anyone contemplating this sort of career. It leads you through the various aspects of costuming in easy-to-understand language and is obviously written by a person with real experience and a true passion for his work. In this book, the author explains how to budget the wardrobe department for a film or TV show, how to break down a script for department requirements, how to understand the various concept styles of theatrical costume design, how to run a department as a supervisor or designer – in other words, a book that gives “real world” insights and information about a real job that might actually be starting.