monica spence wrote:
I feel badly that the people at the HC are being ripped. They have a limited budget, it is difficult to get permission to film in some of the real sites and many times their actors are the reinactors that "do" a period-- unpaid, but not stars or people who have anything to say about scripts, production values, etc.. Not to mention that costumes are usually rented from a costume house that is more interested in genaric than specialty work. And then there are time constraints...
I had an interesting chat with one of the guys who did the costuming for the Revolutionary War series on HC. From the sounds of it, the producers left the costuming entirely to the unpaid actors...
quote: "I do not-for-profit living history demonstrations. I started with The Revolutionary War time period. I could not afford to buy clothing so I learned how to make my own, by hand. I researched historical garments and began making them with historical construction techniques. Soon I started and outfitted an entire re-enacting group.
I served as the Historical Advisor on the new 13 Episode History Channel series on the Revolution, which will air this summer. Not only did I review the scripts and coach the producers, writers and actors but I also made most of the clothing worn in the production (hand made museum quality pieces). The wardrobe people came with nothing and knew nothing (actually they are Civil War specialists). They will be creditted with wardrobe but, oh well, at least things are accurate now." endquote So, someone did try. Dawn _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
