i've volunteered to be the costume designer for the musical "thoroughly modern millie". the fact that it's set in the 1920s makes it too appealing to me to resist, and i want to start building up some experience if i'm going to start my yearly applications to the national theatre school (i don't see the point in trying until at least next year, but my mother insists i start out early).
musicals do really make me happy, so do clothes. it's really a perfect match. a trip to halifax last week has made me think a little more about exactly what it is i'm doing. imagining what i'd be doing now if i had gone to nscad rather than mta is a strange thing. until the very last second, i had always known i'd go to nscad for textiles and fashion. but here i am in sackville doing sculpture and photography. in theory, the nscad program would have gotten me more training in an area closer to where i'd ultimately like to end up. at the same time, the experience at an art-only school would be very different, and i wouldn't have the chance to work on something like costuming for the musical, and also taking a theatre production course next semester.
generally, i don't really know what my plan is. the national theatre school thing would be great, but i'm not sure if it's just my pessimism saying that i'll never get into a program that accepts eight people per year, of if i would ever actually have a shot at it. and if not, what's my plan? i can't see myself being an actual practising artist full-time, obviously. and though photography is something i really enjoy, it's not really something i could make a career of, especially since i'm pretty sure i'm going to stick with film until perhaps it goes the way of the polaroid.
i am going to bed, and i will leave you with some costume sketches, done before a thorough reading of the script. i'll be updating costuming progress until the show in late january.
musicals do really make me happy, so do clothes. it's really a perfect match. a trip to halifax last week has made me think a little more about exactly what it is i'm doing. imagining what i'd be doing now if i had gone to nscad rather than mta is a strange thing. until the very last second, i had always known i'd go to nscad for textiles and fashion. but here i am in sackville doing sculpture and photography. in theory, the nscad program would have gotten me more training in an area closer to where i'd ultimately like to end up. at the same time, the experience at an art-only school would be very different, and i wouldn't have the chance to work on something like costuming for the musical, and also taking a theatre production course next semester.
generally, i don't really know what my plan is. the national theatre school thing would be great, but i'm not sure if it's just my pessimism saying that i'll never get into a program that accepts eight people per year, of if i would ever actually have a shot at it. and if not, what's my plan? i can't see myself being an actual practising artist full-time, obviously. and though photography is something i really enjoy, it's not really something i could make a career of, especially since i'm pretty sure i'm going to stick with film until perhaps it goes the way of the polaroid.
i am going to bed, and i will leave you with some costume sketches, done before a thorough reading of the script. i'll be updating costuming progress until the show in late january.
i'm finally beginning to get a grasp on quickly drawing an accurate figure for clothing sketches. they're starting to have more natural-looking poses. these ones were re-traced, obviously, but the original figures were mine.
i need to work on the males.
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