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As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things.
~ Colleen Atwood
Beautiful
Clothes
Designer
Even
Kinds
Look
Lot
People
Problems
Solve
Supposed
Things
Though
Wearing
You
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Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.
~ Colleen Atwood
Before
Character
Costumes
Does
Establish
First
First Impression
Impression
Open
Really
Who
You
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Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles.
~ Colleen Atwood
Across
Attempt
Besides
Body
Class
Define
Definite
Different
Different Styles
Dress
Each
Group
Had
Much
Species
Styles
Suit
Trying
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I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.
~ Colleen Atwood
Could
Everybody
Had
Having
Move
Out
Painted
Something
Spray
Without
Work
Work Out
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I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration.
~ Colleen Atwood
Both
Chicago
Current
Inspiration
Liked
Much
Necessarily
Production
Seen
Stage
Them
Use
Very
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I've always loved movies, art and clothes.
~ Colleen Atwood
Always
Art
Clothes
Loved
Movies
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If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story.
~ Colleen Atwood
Bit
Color
Dress
Feel
Get
Help
Light
Little
Little Bit
Needs
Picture
Pushing
Put
Someone
Sometimes
Story
Tell
Them
Want
Warm
You
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In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need.
~ Colleen Atwood
Chicago
Dancers
Going
Knowing
Need
Walked
Were
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In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.
~ Colleen Atwood
Kimono
Level
Life
Lot
Made
People
Real
Real Life
Them
Will
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Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.
~ Colleen Atwood
Actor
Beauty
Catherine
Designing
Directed
Frailty
Helped
Just
Knowing
Me
Them
Were
Who
You
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On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials.
~ Colleen Atwood
Ape
Continually
Good
Had
Knew
Knowledgeable
Looking
Main
Main Source
Materials
Online
Person
Planet
Proper
Source
Street
Team
Very
Who
Worked
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Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.
~ Colleen Atwood
About
Action
Ape
Challenge
Clothes
Could
Gigantic
Learned
Lot
Making
Movie
People
Planet
Really
Stunts
Work
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Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie.
~ Colleen Atwood
Action
Even
Had
Hollow
Lot
Movie
Sleepy
Though
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Some of the kimonos took as long as four to five months to make, with all the layers that go into it.
~ Colleen Atwood
Five
Four
Go
Kimono
Layers
Long
Make
Months
Some
Took
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The costumes had to serve the choreography.
~ Colleen Atwood
Choreography
Costumes
Had
Serve
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The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired.
~ Colleen Atwood
Based
Been
Designs
Eyes
Filtered
Gone
Lot
Movement
Movie
Musical
Quite
Quite A Lot
Research
Strictly
Through
Today
Were
Would
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The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.
~ Colleen Atwood
Actor
Actually
Camera
Create
Design
Entertain
Move
Music
People
Reality
Reward
Separate
Story
Teach
Us
Works
World
You
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As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, how could you go wrong?
~ Colleen Atwood
Because
Costumes
Could
Doing
Film
Futuristic
Go
Heart
How
Jude
Law
Loved
Minimal
Minimalist
Plus
Very
Wrong
You
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Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for the masses.
~ Colleen Atwood
Characters
Clothing
Costume
Create
Design
Different
Different Type
Fashion
Image
Masses
Research
Type
Whereas
You
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Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are.
~ Colleen Atwood
Before
Character
Costume
Does
Establish
First
First Impression
Give
Hair
Impression
Instantly
Larger
Least
Makeup
Mouth
Open
Perception
Really
Tell
Who
You
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