Tuesday, December 13, 2016

[WATCH] Mary Zophres ("La La Land" costume designer) on recreating the magic of Judy Garland


Judy Garland - The Joint Is Really Jumpin" In Carnegie Hall (Thousands Cheer, 1943)

theres a dress that judy garland wears in A Star is Born its this beautiful green dress, and thats the hue we were going for because it was magical in that film, reflectedcostume designer Mary Zophres about oneof her key inspirations for Emma Stones look in the highly anticipated film La La Land. Zophres was part of a Meet the Experts panel presented by Gold Derby at the Landmark Theater in L.A. on Nov. 9 to spotlight great achievements in crafts.

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La La Land is a musical romance about a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) who falls in love with an aspiring actress (Stone). Its director Damien Chazelles followup to a much different kind of music-driven film, the jazz-teacher-from-h**l drama Whiplash, which won three Oscars in 2014.

We followed the directors vision. He was very convincing, and he was really communicative about what he wanted, Zophres explained about working with Chazelle, but the filmmaker also gave the production team enough space to develop their own ideas. So Zophres had the opportunity to prepare for four days with production designer David Wasco and set decorator Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, which helped significantly on this high-stakes production because I knew right off the bat that I had taken copious notes I could share with my department. Then on day four it was like, Are you ready, get set, go! because then we had six weeks after that to do it.

Before La La Land, Zophres worked extensively with the Coen Brothers, designing the costumes for Fargo (1996) The Big Lebowski (1998) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and No Country for Old Men (2007) but it was the Coens True Grit (2010) that finally earned her her first Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design. In addition, Zophres has worked on a wide variety of film genres, from screwball comedy (Theres Something About Mary, 1998), to period drama (Gangster Squad, 2013), to sci-fi (Interstellar, 2014).

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Source: http://www.goldderby.com/article/2016/la-la-land-costume-designer-mary-zophres-emma-stone-ryan-gosling/

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