Can Costume Design in Film and Tv Be Fully Sustainable?
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CAN COSTUME DESIGN IN FILM AND TV BE FULLY SUSTAINABLE? WEEK 8 PROGRESS PRESENTATION LAURA ILLES The costume industry is Want to use my inherently wasteful – a typical knowledge and experience film or TV drama uses more in Film and Tv and take it clothing than the average person uses in their lifetime further to my project. and produces more waste in a week than the average household in a year. According to Fashion Revolution the industry This is already a point of produces 150 billion interest in the industry. garments/year and 53 Wearealbert, Eco-Age, million tonnes of textiles Costume Designers... with 78% of that ending up in landfill. MY AIM - TO FIND OUT IF COSTUME DESIGN IN FILM AND TV IS SUSTAINABLE NOW. - IF NOT, WHAT NEEDS CHANGING? - CAN IT BE FULLY SUSTAINABLE? LOOKING AT PRODUCT LIFECYCLE (PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION) Designing Recycle? Rentals? Sell? Waste? Materials Filming Making LOOKING AT PRODUCT LIFECYCLE (PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION) Designing Recycle? Rentals? Sell? Waste? Materials Filming Making 'Head In The Clouds' and 'Race' 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense and Sensibility' 'My Cousin Rachel' and 'Victoria' ’The Beauty and the Beast Live Performance’ and ‘Bridgerton’ 'Titanic' and 'Tuck Everlasting' 'Mad Men' and 'The Help' 'Isabel' and 'The Hollow Crown' 'San Francisco' & 'The Wizard of Oz' Continue researching on the highlighted parts of the product lifecycle; Do deeper research how much do they waste on the topic. Find during pre-production books, more and what happens after articles... the production? METHODOLOGY Get more contacts and have interviews, for example: contact Costume Designers who are involved with Albert like: Sinead Kidao, Jenny Beavan. REFERENCES • Hollywood costume design goes sustainable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65- LZSHaS00 J • TEDx Talks: Sustainability in the Film and Media Industry - Thank you for listening! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc1yZETCpPE • Costume Designer, Jacqueline Durran talks Film Industry and Sustainability - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTO3j2O0ZFg • https://eco-age.com/resources/sourcing-sustainable-costume-with-costume-directory- sinead-kidao/ • ttps://eco-age.com/resources/sustainable-storytelling-in-film-and-television • https://eco-age.com/resources/how-dresd-fighting-film-industrys-waste-problem • https://eco-age.com/resources/best-websites-for-second-hand-shopping • https://wearealbert.org/production-handbook/in-your-role/costume/ • https://wearealbert.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The-Costume-Directory- Edition-2-18.08.19.pdf • http://www.vildamagazine.com/2017/07/two-costume-designers-talk-sustainable- fashion/ • https://diply.com/64894/10-costumes-used-more-than-once-in-different-movies.