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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

An Interview With Outlaw King Costume Designer Jane Petrie

themuse.jezebel.com: How do you design a medieval world without accidentally replicating the look of Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Where do you go when you need chainmail in bulk? And does the costume department have any role in a dick shot? These are just a few of the questions raised by Outlaw King, the new Netflix original starring Chris Pine as Scottish king Robert the Bruce.

1 comment:

Sophie Nakai said...

It was really interesting to hear her talk about her research for historical shows because so often in my high school we just pulled whatever we had for the time period and made it work. There was no real designing. I mean we got to draw what we wanted but that was not the reality. There was a lot of inferring about certain materials that I did not realize happened. I also did not realize just how limited the resources for design because of how long ago it was. And I also thought it was super cool to hear about designing for a tv show because I've only ever worked on theater and read about designing for movies so this was interesting a new. It is very similar to designing for a movie which makes sense. I kind of want to watch this show and look for all the costumes and things she talks about in this article because I think it could be really cool to see what they all end up looking like.