Wednesday, November 27, 2024
'Wicked': Inside the Making of the Costumes, Hair, Makeup, and Set
www.harpersbazaar.com: There’s no rest for the Wicked team. For the nearly two years that the Broadway musical adaptation was in production, costume designer Paul Tazewell, hair and makeup artist Frances Hannon, and production designer Nathan Crowley lived and breathed the wonderful world of Oz. Together, they rendered the American fairy tale into something that will not only meet the expectations of the most passionate theater kid but also reintroduce the timeless story to a world that needs to hear it perhaps now more than ever before.
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This article was very illuminating to me, touching on all the elements and categories of design and production of the movie, but the thing that stood out the most to me was the interview with Frances Hannon, the hair and makeup artist, and the process for turning Cynthia’s Elphaba green. I just assumed that it was a face paint, but when I read about how they had to take into account the durability during filming and the ability for it not to stain or stick to clothing and other actors’ skin I was surprised and impressed! It was very interesting that when making the color, they collaborated with the photography and lighting departments to find the right shade of green for every setting. That just shows the importance for connection between departments and the necessity of teamwork. I also love seeing how innovative creators can be, and found it very fascinating that they had got the idea for a neon base for the product from an old no longer produced Canadian eyeshadow.
The costumes, hair and makeup in wicked are some of the best I’ve seen in a musical movie. They did such a good job of maintaining the feel of the stage play while at the same time elevating some of the iconic costumes from it(I really like how they did Glinda’s dress here I like one from the original broadway one but this one just appeals to me a lot more). They really did their research on the world and the characters because the costumes that they have on are perfectly suited to Glinda and elphaba, it makes them stand out from the other shiz university students. My favorite piece of clothing of elphaba’s is her iconic hat, I love how at first it is viewed as a tacky piece of clothing cruely given by Glinda but as we associate it more with elphaba it becomes more of something of here own(I think that’s because how well the hat suits her iconic witch outfit)
This article was very interesting to read, and it was cool to tune in to each of these different areas of design for Wicked. It was interesting to read about what the costume designer wanted each of the dresses to represent, and also some about the construction of the dresses. I also found interesting the challenges that came with getting the right makeup for the green skin tone. So much went into getting it right and I wonder how they discovered they needed the base of the product that was no longer in production. It was also cool to see how the set designer thought about what each set needed to tell the story.
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