A SUPERNATURAL STORY THAT TAKES PLACE IN 1944, 1975, & 2012 ACROSS 5 GENERATIONS WITH REOCCURRING CHARACTERS, PLAYED BY DIFFERENT ACTORS IN DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS.
LIGHTFIELDS WAS A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING PRODUCTION FOR COSTUME DESIGNER AS THE ACTION WAS SET IN THREE DISTINCT PERIODS – 1944, 1975 AND 2012 – AND MOVED BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS THROUGH TIME. IT WAS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE NOT MERELY TO DESIGN COSTUMES FOR EACH OF THE THREE DISTINCT PERIODS, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT THE CLOTHES SUITED THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS AS DEVELOPED IN THE SCRIPTS, AND YET AT THE SAME TIME EXHIBITED A DEGREE OF CONTINUITY OVER TIME (E.G. THE TASTES OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS – PLAYED BY DIFFERENT ACTORS –SHOULD BE MORE-OR-LESS CONSISTENT OVER 30 OR EVEN 60+ YEARS). AN ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION WAS TO TRY TO IMPART A CERTAIN AIR OF MYSTERY AND THE SUPERNATURAL, AS THIS WAS CENTRAL TO THE NARRATIVE. ALL THIS HAD TO BE ACHIEVED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE STORYLINE AS IT EMERGED IN THE SCRIPTS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPLEMENTING THE PRODUCTION DESIGN AND THE VARIOUS SETS WITHIN WHICH THE ACTION TOOK PLACE (MAINLY AT ONE LOCATION, A FARMHOUSE).
ALTHOUGH IT WAS POSSIBLE TO HIRE SOME OF THE COSTUMES, IT WAS ALSO NECESSARY FROM TIME-TO-TIME TO DESIGN CLOTHES FROM SCRATCH FOR SOME OF THE CHARACTERS, AND THIS INVOLVED SOURCING THE MATERIALS AND GETTING THE OUTFITS MADE UP. ALL THIS HAD TO BE ACHIEVED WITHIN BOTH A TIGHT TIME SCHEDULE AND THE CONSTRAINTS SET BY A LIMTED BUDGET.
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