Costumes, costumes, and more costumes
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matrilI'll be returning to Star Words next week with Episode IV, but right now I'm in the mood for something a little sillier. It's going to involve a lot of pictures, and it's going to include several installments.
One of the most enjoyable parts of making One-Woman Star Wars was coming up with lots of costumes with absolutely no budget. Mostly I used items that I already owned, though occasionally I'd go looking for something at the thrift store. Because I was only filming from the torso up, I could get away with some pretty creative solutions. The biggest challenge, of course, was Padmé's immense wardrobe. Here's what I did for Episode I.
For the iconic red dress, I focused on the headdress and embraced the ridiculousness with cardboard and some sparkly gold adhesive. I filmed all the queen's scenes at once so I only had to paint my face one time.
This was just a t-shirt and some scrap fabric I happened to have. As long as I never showed anything below the end of the short sleeves, the illusion was maintained.
A black blanket, black pillowcase, cardboard headdress.
Blue t-shirt, and my son's old gray t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. I put a lot of work in the hair, but you never really see the back of it. Ah well.
This outfit has a lot of layers. I did my best with two shirts. I wish I could have arranged the pearls better. Otherwise, I'm pretty pleased with this one.
Bonus: a handmaiden cloak I made back in 2000. Still comes in handy now and then.
There was no hope of getting my hair right, but I tried. Note the orange and maroon, reused from previous costumes.
I really like this one. I think it was the best of my headpieces, and the dress -- actually the comforter from our bed! -- is a nice facsimile of the actual thing.
This was a Halloween costume, so, yeah, it's pretty good.
Sabé's battle queen disguise is such a cool look. Mine is...a little simpler, but you get the idea. Two headpieces, then black and red for the dress.
This is actually my handmaiden cloak with the hood down. It's a simple look, so my main goal was to get the hair right. It was passable. The real Padmé probably uses wigs.
Another bonus. Jar Jar! Cardboard snout and ears, orange makeup and a brown t-shirt. I tried all sorts of techniques to attach the snout, but in the end I just scotch-taped it to my nose. It fell off a lot.
Cardboard circle in the back, hair done up in knots, white shirt.
And that's mostly just one character! On the other hand, most of the other characters only needed one distinct look. The Jedi in particular were fairly easy. I reused a lot of the same items that I already owned -- safety pins, bobby pins, hair clips, black gloves, three t-shirts (black, blue and brown), three cloaks (black, brown and maroon) and three buttoned shirts (white, tan and brown). I doubt that I spent much more than fifty bucks overall. I did buy a lot of duct tape though....
Tomorrow, Episode II!
One of the most enjoyable parts of making One-Woman Star Wars was coming up with lots of costumes with absolutely no budget. Mostly I used items that I already owned, though occasionally I'd go looking for something at the thrift store. Because I was only filming from the torso up, I could get away with some pretty creative solutions. The biggest challenge, of course, was Padmé's immense wardrobe. Here's what I did for Episode I.
For the iconic red dress, I focused on the headdress and embraced the ridiculousness with cardboard and some sparkly gold adhesive. I filmed all the queen's scenes at once so I only had to paint my face one time.
This was just a t-shirt and some scrap fabric I happened to have. As long as I never showed anything below the end of the short sleeves, the illusion was maintained.
A black blanket, black pillowcase, cardboard headdress.
Blue t-shirt, and my son's old gray t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. I put a lot of work in the hair, but you never really see the back of it. Ah well.
This outfit has a lot of layers. I did my best with two shirts. I wish I could have arranged the pearls better. Otherwise, I'm pretty pleased with this one.
Bonus: a handmaiden cloak I made back in 2000. Still comes in handy now and then.
There was no hope of getting my hair right, but I tried. Note the orange and maroon, reused from previous costumes.
I really like this one. I think it was the best of my headpieces, and the dress -- actually the comforter from our bed! -- is a nice facsimile of the actual thing.
This was a Halloween costume, so, yeah, it's pretty good.
Sabé's battle queen disguise is such a cool look. Mine is...a little simpler, but you get the idea. Two headpieces, then black and red for the dress.
This is actually my handmaiden cloak with the hood down. It's a simple look, so my main goal was to get the hair right. It was passable. The real Padmé probably uses wigs.
Another bonus. Jar Jar! Cardboard snout and ears, orange makeup and a brown t-shirt. I tried all sorts of techniques to attach the snout, but in the end I just scotch-taped it to my nose. It fell off a lot.
Cardboard circle in the back, hair done up in knots, white shirt.
And that's mostly just one character! On the other hand, most of the other characters only needed one distinct look. The Jedi in particular were fairly easy. I reused a lot of the same items that I already owned -- safety pins, bobby pins, hair clips, black gloves, three t-shirts (black, blue and brown), three cloaks (black, brown and maroon) and three buttoned shirts (white, tan and brown). I doubt that I spent much more than fifty bucks overall. I did buy a lot of duct tape though....
Tomorrow, Episode II!
