Dressed in Colors: The Costumes
In 2008-2009 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented an
exhibit, "Dressed in Colors: The Costumes". The exhibit "examines the
important aspects of costume design for color films from the 1940s through
the 1960s". Guest-curator Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis is a costume
historian and Oscar nominated costume designer. She selected seven
costumes from six classic movies to illustrate the use of brilliant color by
the costume designers. Additionally a series of costume design drawing
are displayed.
The exhibit illustrates, in glorious color, how costume designers broke
out of their limited black and white film box and lit up the screen with a
rainbow of exploding color. This addition of color helped deepen the
public's immersion in the film story... though sight, though mood, though
style. The "magic" on the screen came with much work from many departments,
much experimentation, new discoveries and creative team work.
From their description of their
costume exhibit: at the Lynn Dunn Theater in Hollywood:
"The evolution of color movies began in the 1920s. After
early technological breakthroughs by several pioneering labs, Dr. Herbert
Kalmus’s Technicolor company developed the innovative “three-strip color
process” in the 1930s. Technicolor, followed by other color processes such
as SuperCinecolor, Ansco Color and Eastman Color, helped usher in a series
of changes that would affect almost everything about film production.
"While bold, vibrant and contrasting hues greatly
enhanced and expanded the filmmaker’s storytelling tools, executing color
effects properly on the big screen also required adjustments in everything
from lighting to shot composition to production design. Costume designers
in particular used considerable creativity to overcome challenges like
clashing pigments, eye fatigue-inducing shades, and washed-out tones as
they explored and exploited new artistic possibilities."
Costume Exhibit Movie Index
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I Could Have Danced All Night movie scene - Eliza & Henry Higgins
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Maggie DeBois
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The Inspector General
Georgi
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A Star is Born
Maggie
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The Adventures of Don Juan
Queen Margaret |
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4 For Texas
Zack Thomas
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Dressed in Color: The costumes exhibited in the lobby of the Linwood Dunn
Theater, in Hollywood from December 1, 2008 though May 2, 2009
Exhibit media and cards:
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| Display cases of the Oscar
awards, the award show, and costume designers |
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| Summary and Exhibit credits |
Technical exhibit information. |
More pictures:
Alternate Film Guide
These pictures were taken with lights up and color corrected to high
color. (While the pics on our following pages (shot in low light) are
darker and missing color saturation, the ones you will see on the AFG are
the true color... but overly adjusted in the opposite direction.)
Please note: the photos were taken without tripod with
available low light, so some are a bit blurry or the camera has "chosen"
to remove detail. I've worked to size them to a
point where the costume details show best. For just looking at the photos,
stay with the medium sized version or resize then even smaller. Look at
multiple copies of the same outfit, shots that look almost identical on the
thumbnail were taken with different camera setting.
Photos were taken by Cat Devereaux. Photos from this exhibit are taken with permission. Photographer gives permission for you to go ahead and makes copies for your
personal website. Any other uses, please contact.
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