When I Grow Up: Costume Designer | How To Design Costumes
Summary
TLDRIn this fun and imaginative video, Nikki shares her dream of becoming a costume designer for movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars. She explains how costume designers work closely with directors and writers to ensure costumes fit the story and characters. Nikki discusses the importance of researching time periods and places, giving an example of medieval armor. She also shares her passion for creating costumes for her My Little Pony dolls and sketches. The video ends with Nikki imagining winning an Oscar for her work as a costume designer. She encourages viewers to share their dreams too.
Takeaways
- 😀 Nikki wants to be a costume designer when she grows up.
- 🎥 Costume designers create the costumes seen on stage, TV, and movies.
- 🚀 Nikki is especially interested in designing costumes for sci-fi movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars.
- 🎭 Costume designers work closely with directors and writers to understand the story, characters, and locations.
- 🕰️ Research is an important part of costume design, especially when designing for specific time periods and settings.
- ⚔️ Medieval costumes require learning about armor, including chain mail, chest plates, and helmets.
- 🎨 Costume designers sketch their ideas after completing their research.
- 🎬 Nikki imagines designing for a mashup movie like Inside Out and My Little Pony, mixing character styles.
- 🧵 Being a costume designer requires a love for fashion, research, and creativity.
- 🏆 Nikki dreams of winning an Oscar for costume design someday.
Q & A
What does a costume designer do?
-A costume designer creates the costumes you see on stage, TV, and in movies. They work closely with directors and writers to ensure the costumes match the story, characters, and setting.
What types of movies does Nikki want to design costumes for?
-Nikki wants to design costumes for sci-fi movies like 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Star Wars.'
Why is it important for costume designers to understand the story and setting of a show or movie?
-Understanding the story and setting helps costume designers create outfits that are appropriate and believable for the time period, location, and character roles.
What research does a costume designer do when working on a show set in the Medieval Times?
-They would research the types of armor knights wore, such as linen garments, chain mail, metal chest plates, armor for legs and arms, and helmets with visors.
What is chain mail, and why is it important in historical costumes?
-Chain mail is a type of armor made from tiny loops of metal linked together. It was used during the Medieval Times and is a key element in creating historically accurate knight costumes.
What is the process a costume designer follows after researching?
-After conducting research, the costume designer sketches out their ideas on paper to visualize the costume concepts.
How does Nikki show her passion for costume designing?
-Nikki mentions that she loves making costumes for her My Little Pony dolls, knows a lot of facts, and enjoys doodling cool costume ideas.
What qualities does Nikki think a costume designer should have?
-A costume designer should love fashion, enjoy doing research, and have a great imagination.
What would make Nikki proud as a costume designer?
-Nikki would feel proud to see her costume designs on screen and even win an Oscar for her work as a costume designer.
What does Nikki imagine winning an Oscar for?
-Nikki imagines winning an Oscar for her work in 'The Greatest Mash-Up Movie Part 3.'
Outlines
🎭 Dreaming of Becoming a Costume Designer
Nikki introduces herself and shares her dream of becoming a costume designer. She explains that a costume designer creates outfits for stage, TV, and movies. Nikki expresses her passion for designing sci-fi movie costumes, like those seen in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Star Wars.' She humorously mentions a mix-up with Chewbacca's uniform, emphasizing the need to understand different types of pilots.
📜 Researching to Create Authentic Costumes
Nikki explains that costume designers work closely with directors and writers to ensure costumes fit the story, characters, and setting. They must research the time period and place of the story. Nikki uses the example of Medieval Times, describing the various armor pieces worn by knights, from linen garments to helmets, to highlight the importance of research in designing costumes.
🎨 Sketching Costume Ideas
After conducting research, Nikki shares that costume designers get to sketch their ideas on paper. She imagines designing costumes for a mashup movie involving 'Inside Out' and 'My Little Pony.' Nikki suggests giving Anger a Rainbow Dash mohawk and swapping their outfits, which she enthusiastically declares as a brilliant idea for the greatest movie ever.
✨ Qualities of a Costume Designer
Nikki lists the qualities needed to become a costume designer, such as a love for fashion, research, and imagination. She shares her love for making costumes for her MLP dolls, her passion for learning new facts, and her hobby of doodling costumes. Nikki envisions the joy of seeing her designs on screen and dreams of winning an Oscar for her work.
🏆 Future Dreams and Audience Engagement
Nikki imagines winning an Oscar for her work in 'The Greatest Mash-Up Movie Part 3' and thanks everyone involved. She ends by asking the viewers about their future career dreams, encouraging them to leave comments, like the video, and subscribe to the channel. Nikki signs off with a friendly goodbye.
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Keywords
💡Costume Designer
💡Sci-fi Movies
💡Research
💡Sketch
💡Medieval Times
💡Anger
💡Rainbow Dash
💡Oscar
💡Mashup Movie
💡Imagination
Highlights
Nikki expresses her dream of becoming a costume designer.
A costume designer creates costumes for stage, TV, and movies.
Nikki is interested in designing costumes for sci-fi movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars.
Costume designers work closely with directors and writers to ensure the costumes fit the story and characters.
They need to thoroughly understand the time period, characters, and locations in the story to create appropriate costumes.
For historical settings like Medieval Times, costume designers research materials like chain mail, armor, and other period-specific garments.
Nikki imagines creating a mash-up movie, blending Inside Out with My Little Pony, and designs costumes for Anger and Rainbow Dash.
Costume designers need to have a love for fashion, research, and creativity.
Nikki mentions her love for making costumes for her My Little Pony dolls and her knowledge of facts through 'Nikki’s Wikis.'
One of Nikki's favorite hobbies is doodling costumes, reflecting her creative passion.
Nikki dreams of seeing her costume designs on both the small and big screen.
She imagines winning an Oscar for best costume designer, for her work in 'The Greatest Mash-Up Movie Part 3.'
Nikki expresses pride at the thought of winning an Oscar and acknowledges Cool School in her acceptance speech.
Nikki encourages viewers to think about what they want to be when they grow up.
She ends by inviting viewers to like, subscribe, and comment on her video.
Transcripts
Hi! It's me, Nikki!
When I grow up, I think I want to be a costume designer!
A costumer designer is the person who comes up with
all the cool costumes that you see on stage,
on TV,
and in the movies!
I would love to design costumes for sci-fi movies!
Like Guardians of the Galaxy
and Star Wars!
And cut! Nikki, great job!
But I think we can lose the uniform on Chewbacca!
Oh! The script says "Pilot"!
Yes, but not an airplane pilot,
a spaceship pilot!
Costume Designers work closely with directors
and writers on movies!
They need to have a thorough understanding of the story,
the characters,
and the location so the costumes make sense!
Before you come up with costume ideas,
You have to research the time period
and place.
Like if a show was set during the Medieval Times
the costume designer needs to learn about all the armor the knights wore.
Like linen garments,
then chain mail
(that's a fancy name for the tiny fancy loops linked together),
followed by a metal chest plate,
armor for legs and arms,
and finally, a visor and helmet.
Whoooaaa, talk about heavy metal!
After you've done your research,
you get to sketch out all of your ideas on paper!
Alright, we're working on Inside Out/My Little Pony: The Mashup Movie!
Nikki, what do ya got?
Hm... Let's give Anger a Rainbow Dash mohawk and tail,
and Rainbow Dash can wear his shirt and tie.
Perfect! Magnificent!!
This'll be the greatest movie ever!
To be a costume designer,
You need to love fashion,
love doing research,
and have a great imagination.
Well, I've got that covered.
I love making costumes for my MLP dolls,
I know a ton of facts,
(Uh, yeah, check out my Nikki's Wikis here!)
and, one of my favorite hobbies is doodling cool costumes!
A job as a costume designer would be SO awesome!
You get to design outfits and see them on the little screen
or the big screen!!
You could even win an Oscar!
ANNOUNCER: And the Oscar for best Costume Designer goes to...
Nikki!
For all her work in The Greatest Mash-Up Movie Part 3!
Thank you!! I'd like to thank The Academy
and shoutout to Cool School!
Wow, that would make me so proud!
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Tell us in the comments below.
Hit like and don't forget to subscribe!
See you later guys, bye!
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