Colleen Atwood

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#camera #create #design #entertain #move

As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#clothes #designer #even #kinds #look

Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#character #costumes #does #establish #first

Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#attempt #besides #body #class #define

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#everybody #had #having #i #leotards

I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#chicago #current #i #inspiration #liked

I've always loved movies, art and clothes. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#art #clothes #i #loved #movies

If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#color #dress #feel #get #help

In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#dancers #going #i #knowing #need

In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#kimonos #level #life #lot #made