"Enchanted" in Big Bear!

Was up in Big Bear last weekend for another AFI MOS shoot, this time we were on location in snow! Quite exciting, especially since I had never been to Big Bear before. The film is about an enchanted necklace. A huntress kills a beautiful woman she finds in the woods and takes her necklace, which turns her beautiful as she puts it on. Not to spoil it, but she soon discovers that what goes around comes around! Anyway, here are some snaps I took this weekend! Looking forward to seeing the final product..

MOS project.. with fire!

A few snaps from the set of an AFI MOS project I did a few weeks ago.. We lit a rose and a casket on fire! Pretty crazy stuff..

Coming up for air!

Well, it has been a long time since my last update! Since last June, I was working as a costume assistant on The Gangster Squad, a 1940s action movie based on a true story. An awesome first PA job, working for one of my favorite designers, Mary Zophres! I also, more recently was helping on her next film, Inside Llewyn Davis, before they headed to New York to shoot. Now that that job is over, I'm taking a few months to tackle some design projects! Very excited to sink my teeth into these two.

The first is an AFI thesis short, called Mojave Cherry Petals, which is set in Manzanar (a Japanese internment camp in eastern California) during WWII. It's a beautifully written script, and a really great time period that after Gangster Squad, I feel very well versed in! It's a story about a teacher and his classroom full of 6th graders, so it'll be a fun opportunity to dress kids, which I haven't done before! This one shoots in late March, and they're still fundraising so if you feel so inclined please donate!

The second project is the play "Big Love" written by Charles Mee, which is a modern reimagining of the Greek play "The Suppliant Women." It's a story of 50 brides who run away from their 50 respective grooms to avoid marriage, and a bloody, crazy melee ensues. I was so excited to be asked back to design at Occidental College, where I went for undergrad. It will be such a treat to have a proper costume shop to build costumes for me again! I love independent film projects but sometimes it's nice to have a bigger crew than just me and one assistant! ;)

Looking forward to taking some time to just design without having classes to worry about!

I'm employed!!

So school is officially over and it's still kind of sinking in. I'm sure it'll really hit me in the fall when I won't be going back to class with everyone. I'm glad to be done though! Three years is a long time!

The great news is that I've already found a job! I'm working as a costume production assistant on a feature film, for one of my absolute favorite designers! If you know me, you can probably guess who.. :) I've been raving about how awesome she is ever since I had the chance to help her in the research library when I interned at Western costume two years ago.. Anyway, the great news is that the film shoots in LA, so I'm employed through mid December!! It's a period film as well, with some great actors attached, so I'm very excited to get to see this one all the way through from prep thru wrap!

That's all I'll say for now.. but I'm super excited!

Done with grad school!

Well, this weekend was Design Showcase West, marking the end of my time in grad school! It's still kind of sinking in.. graduation is this Friday and then it's officially over! Too weird!

Two weekends ago I was at the National Design Portfolio Review, which was a similar showcase of graduating designers from across the country. We each had a booth where we put up examples of our work and had our portfolio books to peruse, and people came by to chat and give critique. While I was in New York, I had the opportunity to see the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met (AMAZING!) as well as The Book of Mormon on Broadway! It was pretty hysterically funny.. I have bought the soundtrack since I got back and it's still funny even after listening to it over and over.. Check it out if you're in NYC! (If you can get tickets that is..)

What with all of this portfolio organizing that I've been doing over the past few weeks, I updated a few things around here as well. I added photos and renderings from Erendira, my thesis production, as well as some new illustrations.

Erendira!

The Sad and Incredible Tale of the Innocent Erendira and her Heartless Grandmother opens in two days!

Anyone who's in LA should come check it out! Tickets and showtime info available at:
http://www.tft.ucla.edu/calendar/performance/erendira/

Sneak peek from 2nd dress.. Erendira and her Heartless Grandmother.. :)

National Design Portfolio Review

Exciting news!

I've been selected to represent UCLA at the National Design Portfolio Review in New York City on May 28-29th. It's essentially a chance for graduating MFA students in costume, scenic, and lighting design to network with working professionals and to exhibit their work. Students from all over the country will be coming to present, so it should be an exciting glimpse into what other students around the US have been working on. I'm really excited to have the chance to participate, and anyone in NYC should definitely come by and check it out if you get a chance!

Now to get working on that portfolio..