Rewind

I was watching Moulin Rouge a few days ago, I hadn't watched it in a while but it's been on my mind. I was surprised how different the movie was! Of course, the movie itself hadn't changed but I saw so much more this time. Namely in costuming, I was able to see better the structure of how things were created and what they portrayed. After the movie I watched some of the special edition stuff. They had a section that showed all the garments from conception to completion. I almost peed myself with amazement at the work they did. The designers made over 300 garments for the movie. Each Cancan dancer had a personality, which in the realm of theatre and film I always think that every character should have fully developed story no matter how small. What impressed me more was Baz Luhrmann's take. He wanted things to be historical but more than that he wanted to evoke the feeling of what people would have felt going to the Moulin Rouge more than what they would have seen. This just makes me want to design for films so much more!!! I love film and theatre, the fantasy mixed with reality. There's so much depth (to some movies haha). The possibilites of fashion get me soo excited! I think I'm the only student who smiles when we get a new project in school haha! I don't know why but I think spring puts me in a "musical" mode, especially for theatre musicals haha. It seems everybody falls in love in spring, most people fall in love with other people, I fall in love with clothes ahaha, you always wind up with who your meant to be with, and despite our rocky relationship me and my sewing machine cannot be apart,ever. Oh I do hope summer gives me the time to sew, sew, sew! (and have jam sessions with Margie) hahaha!

Don't forget Saturday is Mother's Day! Thank your mothers dammit, they do everything for you! haha

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