Costume Standby & Costume Department ProfessionalExperienced Costume Standby with a strong background across television, film, commercials, and live productions. Skilled in principal and crowd standby, costume supervision, costume design, and costume breakdown. Extensive experience creating realistic ageing, distressing, damage effects, blood work, and continuity for stunt sequences and action scenes.Key strengths include:Costume Standby (Principal and Crowd)Costume Breakdown, Distressing & AgeingBlood Effects & ContinuityCostume Prop Making and FabricationSewing, Alterations & RepairsCostume Design and StylingCostume Supervision & Team LeadershipShopping, Sourcing, Budget Management & ReturnsExcellent Communication and Organisation SkillsExperience Supervising Costume TeamsStrong Knowledge of Continuity and On-Set ProceduresConfident Working with Adults, Children, Crowd Artists and Lead CastFull UK Driving Licence
My particular passion within the costume department is breakdown and distressing work. I enjoy developing costumes through ageing, weathering, blood effects, damage replication, and character-led breakdown processes that help tell a story on screen. I also have a strong interest in costume prop making and creating bespoke costume elements that support the overall visual world of a production.
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