Wrap Party
How to dress gods, demons and Bill Nighy | Costume Design with Claire Anderson
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Welcome to Wrap Party, the podcast that toasts the excellence of the creatives and craftspeople working behind-the-scenes on some of your favourite films and TV shows.
This week, Claire Anderson joins Rhianna and Michael to delve into the craft of costume design, discussing her work on TV shows such as Good Omens, American Gods, State of Play and movies like A Royal Night Out, The Limehouse Golem and Human Traffic. As well as pinpointing what exactly being a costume designer entails, topics include: approaching contemporary versus period dramas; how to achieve timelessness with costumes; mood boards and how Claire prepares for a project and the difficulty of jeans!
SHOW NOTES
WATCHING
- Good Omens (TV series); a “big” fantasy show that Claire herself doesn’t fully understand, in which Michael Sheen plays the angel Aziraphale who “looks like he could walk the streets of Soho today” and David Tennant channels Keith Richards as the demon Crowley, in this lively and irreverent adaptation of the 1990 fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Watch on Prime Video.
- American Gods (TV Series); Neil Gaiman’s magnum opus sees a battle erupt between Gods old and new, in this dizzyingly cinematic adaptation, featuring lots of sharp tailoring. Watch on Prime Video.
- The Limehouse Golem (film); a serial killer, dubbed The Limehouse Golem, terrorises Victorian London in this Hammer-horror style period drama (think corsets, hats and lots of feathers! But no bonnets because they’re “difficult to light”), starring Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth and Olivia Cooke. Watch on Prime Video.
- State of Play (TV series); a “timeless” edge-of-your-seat political thriller with an infinitely dress-able cast including John Simm, Bill Nighy, Kelly McDonald and James McAvoy. Rent via Prime Video.
- A Royal Night Out (film); Sarah Gadon and Bel Powley star as Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret who sneak out of the palace to celebrate VE night, wearing their finest pearls and dresses. Rent via Prime Video.
READING & LISTENING
- Good Omens (audiobook); Judgment Day is approaching and it's up to a mismatched angel and demon to save the day in Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's hilariously morbid take on Armageddon. Available via Audible.
- Anansi Boys (audiobook); a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth from best-selling storytelling legend Neil Gaiman. Available via Audible.
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane (audiobook); one of Neil Gaiman's best loved works, a richly gothic fantasy about childhood, memory, survival and magic. Available via Audible.
- The House of Mirth (audiobook); Edith Wharton's classic novel which caused controversy upon publication in 1905 for its scathing portrayal of the world's wealthy and the prison that marriage can become. Available via Audible.
- The Age of Innocence (audiobook); the return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into a rigidly conventional New York society has shocking ramifications in Edith Wharton's masterful exploration of desire and betrayal. Available via Audible.
Wrap Party with Prime Video is a Little Dot Studios production for Prime Video
Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon and Michael Leader
Produced by Annie Hughes, Jake Cunningham and Harold McShiel
Additional research by Nicole Davis
Original music by Axel Kacoutie
Edited by Content is Queen
Artwork by Sandra Boucher and Sam Mason
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