YouTube: Costume Designer Susan Tsu talks about the design and construction of the amazing costumes for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, particularly the elaborate designs for Queen Elizabeth, played by Kate Mulligan. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is directed Christopher Liam Moore and will play in the Angus Bowmer Theatre at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from February 18-October 29.
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I first saw this video shared on Facebook days ago and after watching it twice immediately forwarded it to my friends and family. I think as students its easy to forget that our professors are professionals too. Despite knowing that Susan has been traveling this year to work on this production, I don't think I had come to realize how massive this endeavor was. The pieces themselves were insanely amazing and beyond beautiful. They appeared that they have been taken out of her photographs and into the real world. Each detail was contemplated and created by a decisive choice. Being able to see Susan's progress from inspiration photos to finished product bring so much more meaning to the same process he is teaching us in class. This isn't just silly class work or meaningless busy tasks. The research, sketching and journaling we do for each project is the something Susan does as a professional. I am honestly still stunned as I see how beautiful these costumes are and how talented our professors are. We truly are learning from the best at Carnegie Mellon.
How cool. From being in class with Susan and hearing her talk about her art and art in general I have always been amazed by the passion she has for what she does. I really like how the Oregon Shakespeare Festival does the spotlight videos. This video made me interested in seeing all of the other departments and designers highlighted in this way. As for this video, how cool are these costumes?! It is cool to see Susan explain her work to the camera because last year it was always us trying to explain our work to Susan. It is crazy to me how much detail and research go into making the costumes so accurate to the time period and so relevant to the play itself. It was really cool to see the process Susan used when working on this production. I loved scrolling through facebook and finding a video of my teacher still working in the world today.
This video is so inspirational! It is amazing to see one of our very own professors out in the world making art. It is so incredible how much work goes into Shakespeare festivals in such a short amount of time. It was so nice to see Tsu talk about her process and thoughts in creating her costumes. It alone seemed like short history lesson. Elizabethan dress has always taken my breath away. To me it is so timeless and elegant, while being incredibly extravagant. I always imagined that entire garb would be very heavy-there are so many layers! Tsu mentions that woman truly wore their wealth on their bodies and it really is true! I wish I could take a trip to Oregon this summer just to see some of these pieces in person! Seeing this video makes me extremely excited to start my own summer internship with Colorado Shakespeare Festival and explore more Elizabethan dress.
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