An initial telephone conversation with the director of La Ronde started the creative process for this production. Her concept for the production is to focus on the class system in Vienna at the time and really place the play visually into accurate period costume. Though, of course, my role as costume designer is to be directed, I am slightly disappointed as I was keen to really explore more conceptual ideas with this production. My intention for the week was to gather research for La Ronde in a similar mode to Tender and create visual concept boards for the initial meeting to be held on the 2nd May.
In the concept boards I have brought together some of the visual research which I have collated as an initial response to the script. Firstly focusing on Austrian/Hungarian artists of the time I have looked at artists such as Klimt, Moser and the Mucha. Analysing their styles I have observed the graphic look the art work has. I have scrutinized the unique qualities of Art Nouveau style illustrations. The thick outlines and solid flat bold colours are similar to modern graphic style drawings. In addition I observed the type style has a distinct form which I hope to recreate through CAD. Designers are often influence by artists to inspire the concept or feel of the design. In this instance I hope to use the Art Nouveau style to inform the both design process and rendering style while still being mindful of the caricature style designs I initially intended to create.
The concept boards were more formulaic than Tender. I used an Art Nouveau style border and regimented image placing to create a slick look. This I felt appropriate not only to clearly communicate visually my intentions but also sensing the type of person the director is it felt appropriate to make sure the work has clarity and read easily.
The results of this weeks’ studio work is yet to be tested in a director/ designer conference however I can reflect on the process and application of the work.
The process involved using a series of layer to place the images. Resizing the images and placing them in position was relatively simple. This form of image collating which is not overly time consuming seemed appropriate for it required function. I chose again to photograph the images rather than scanning them in. Last week the process was not that successful, however I am please to report that this attempt worked much more effectively. Firstly I took a little more consideration when taking the photograph. Secondarily the quantity of the images I took photo of were of a much better quality. The images which I took for the mood boards for Tender were mainly from magazines and this affected the quality of the photograph this week the images were from full colour art books. In conclusion this method has been successful in this context. The process of recording images is quick and then to transform them into a Photoshop image is quite simply achieved.
The digtial sketchbook pages which I have create are just the beginning of a visual discussion between the director and the costume designer.
In the concept boards I have brought together some of the visual research which I have collated as an initial response to the script. Firstly focusing on Austrian/Hungarian artists of the time I have looked at artists such as Klimt, Moser and the Mucha. Analysing their styles I have observed the graphic look the art work has. I have scrutinized the unique qualities of Art Nouveau style illustrations. The thick outlines and solid flat bold colours are similar to modern graphic style drawings. In addition I observed the type style has a distinct form which I hope to recreate through CAD. Designers are often influence by artists to inspire the concept or feel of the design. In this instance I hope to use the Art Nouveau style to inform the both design process and rendering style while still being mindful of the caricature style designs I initially intended to create.
The concept boards were more formulaic than Tender. I used an Art Nouveau style border and regimented image placing to create a slick look. This I felt appropriate not only to clearly communicate visually my intentions but also sensing the type of person the director is it felt appropriate to make sure the work has clarity and read easily.
The results of this weeks’ studio work is yet to be tested in a director/ designer conference however I can reflect on the process and application of the work.
The process involved using a series of layer to place the images. Resizing the images and placing them in position was relatively simple. This form of image collating which is not overly time consuming seemed appropriate for it required function. I chose again to photograph the images rather than scanning them in. Last week the process was not that successful, however I am please to report that this attempt worked much more effectively. Firstly I took a little more consideration when taking the photograph. Secondarily the quantity of the images I took photo of were of a much better quality. The images which I took for the mood boards for Tender were mainly from magazines and this affected the quality of the photograph this week the images were from full colour art books. In conclusion this method has been successful in this context. The process of recording images is quick and then to transform them into a Photoshop image is quite simply achieved.
The digtial sketchbook pages which I have create are just the beginning of a visual discussion between the director and the costume designer.
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