Supporting character in 'Band Of Wild', senior thesis film for the Rhode Island School of Design.
Steel wire and brass tube armature, sculpted clay head, foam core, and felted exterior.
Costume process & pattern making:
Bunny’s costume was very exciting to me. Bunny as a character is elusive, she is a perfectionist in her craft and a dedicated performer. I knew her look had to be spectacular. For her costume, I wanted to have a velvet leotard as the base. While researching, I saw a lot of circus performer costumes with tassels attached to the leotards as skirts (like pictures 1 and 2 below). I thought it would be fun to use tiny glass beads instead of tassels!
Here I am sewing them on, 4 hours turned into 40 seconds. They added lots of wonderful movement to her performance, however if I were to do it again I would definitely wire each strand of beads- so that I could animate them when she swings on the trapeze. Her boots were inspired by 19th century trapeze/ aerial boots (similar to those in picture 3) and are perhaps my favorite element of her entire ensemble.
FINAL COSTUME
