Crew Chats

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Episode 47’s guest is Natalie Pryce, Natalie after having a childhood love of theatre, went onto study theatre design at Wimbledon College of Art. Whilst studying and on graduating Natalie worked at the New Wimbledon theatre and then went onto to work as a dresser at the ENO. It was after working at the National Theatre, that Natalie began producing her own work and began working as a freelance set and costume designer for theatre and dance. Natalie has costume designed, Anna X at the Harold Pinter and most recently, ‘A Number’ at the Old Vic ‘Old Bridge’ at the Bush Theatre, set and costume designed ‘Red Velvet’ for RADA and ‘Me for the World’ at the Young Vic to name a few. Just a note we speak about covid and the situation referred to was the case at the time of recording. Natalie’s recommendations:

-War Horse theatre production

-Bridgerton

-100 years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Raph Dilhan, you may have heard his name more recently on the tv show the ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ where he was a finalist but in his day job Raph works as a Key textile artist for the film industry. Having studied product and interior design in France, to moving to Berlin, where a chance meeting with people in the industry, led to his first film job, ‘Monuments Men’. Raph who is now based in London has worked on the likes of, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Artemis Fowl’, ‘Eternals’, and the upcoming ‘Morbious’ to name a few.

Raph’s Reccomendations:

-Hypernormalisation

-La Belle Vert

-Ryan Murphy –Ratched and Hollywood

-Years and Years

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Episode 45’s guest is Flo Foxwothy, Flo has only ever wanted one job, to make costumes. After leaving high school at the age of 16, her first job was working at a leather company, from there going on to work at places such as Royal New Zealand Ballet, costumes for burlesque dancers including the likes of Dita Von Teese to currently working at the world famous, Weta Workshop, where Flo is head of their soft costumes and textiles department. Flo has worked on the likes of ‘The Hobbit trilogy’, ‘Ghost in the Shell’, ‘Krampus’ and ‘Avatar ’ to name a few. Just a note we speak about covid and the situation referred to was the case at the time of recording. Flo’s Reccomendations:

-John Wick Films

-Female Trouble

-In the Mood for Love

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Abi Leland always had an interest and passion for music, as a teenager she started her career in the world of film as a runner for a production company and later going onto work for a record label where she was able to learn about soundtracks and music in depth, which later led to her decision to become a freelance music supervisor. Over time, Abi decided to start her own music supervision company, ‘Leland Music’ and as well as film and tv, Abi branched into commercials and brands, working with the likes of Sony and Nike as well as for the anticipated yearly Christmas John Lewis ads since 2010. Abi has music supervised on productions such as, ‘The Last King of Scotland’, ‘Top Boy’, ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’, ‘Small Axe’ and the upcoming Benediction to name a few.

Abi's Reccomendations:

- Sound of Metal

-Homecoming (season2)

-Queen and Slim

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Kym, a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Australia, Kym began her career by designing sets for theatre and went onto design costumes and sets for small theatre shows for the Sydney Theatre Company. It was with Baz Lurhman’s iconic 1996 film, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ that Kym got her first break designing costumes in film, which has been followed by the cult classic films ‘The Matrix Trilogy’, as well as ‘ Aquaman’, ‘Cloud Atlas’, ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and the horror film ‘Us’ to name a few. Kym as well as having extensive film credits, has designed for theatre including Cirque du Soleil and the Metropolitan Opera. Just a note on the conversation, we spoke about covid and the situation as it was at the time of recording a few months ago.

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Maria was born into the Cornejo costume family, and after studying arts at university and wanting to pursue a creative career, Maria joined the family business. Having worked at Cornejo for 20 years, working on productions such as, ‘Exodus’, ‘Game of Thrones’, and ‘Cinderella’, Maria left Cornejo and later joined Peris Costume house owned by Javier Toledo, where she currently works as Director of Projects and Commercial, working on productions such as, ‘Bridgerton season one’, ‘Nightmare Alley’ and the upcoming, ‘Black Adam’ to name a few.

Maria's Reccomendations:

- Game of Thrones

-Mind Hunter

-The Great

-Bridgerton

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Tony started life in the world of locations after serving in the army for 13 years. Having worked on a variety of different types of productions, from TV series, commercials to films in different roles in the locations department, Tony now works as a supervising locations manager. Over the first lockdown, with a friend Tony created the ‘Circles’ app, a platform which allows crew to find work and productions to find crew as well as offering training sessions. Tony has worked on productions such as, ‘X-Men: First Class’, ‘Will’, ‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy’, and ‘The Mountain Between Us’ to name a few.

Tony's Reccomendations:

-Fifth Element

-Moon

-All the Blade Runner films

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Lorenzo studied Scenography and Costume in art school and upon graduating worked initially in theatre and later moved into the world of film. Italian by nationality, Lorenzo has had the opportunity to call multiple countries home- Italy, France and the UK as well as being able to travel the world through his work as a costume props and jewellery maker. Lorenzo currently resides in London where he works as head of department for costume props and or jewellery on productions such as, ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’, ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, ‘Aladdin’, ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and ‘Bridgerton’ to name a few.

Lorenzo's Reccomendations:

-Arabian Nights (1974)

-Medea

-Fellini Satyricon

-Moulin Rouge

-Apocolypto

-Golden Girls

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

Jaymin Amin studied multimedia design at university and for his final year became interested in the realm of post-production in film. On graduating after doing various internships and working on corporate videos, Jaymin got his break into the world of film, working at a trailer house company, where he now works as an offline and online editor. Working not only on traditional trailers for film and tv productions but games and social media campaigns too. Jaymin has worked on, amongst other things, ‘Jumanji’, the BBC’s, ‘The Informer’ and trailers for the ‘Peaky Blinders’ game and ‘Embr Firefighters’ to name a few.

Jaymin's Reccomendations:

-Peaky Blinders

-White Collar

-The Queen's Gambit

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, Crew Chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions.

For today’s episode, I was joined by retired Costume Designer John Bloomfield and his wife, retired Illustrator, set and costume designer and Wimbledon college of arts lecturer Ann Beverly. As well as having cultivated their own careers they frequently collaborated on projects together such as, ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’. Their careers span nearly five decades across theatre, TV and film. John’s TV credits include, ‘Dr Who’, ‘Poldark’ and ‘The Six Wives of Henry VIII’ for which he won a Bafta and his film credits include, ‘Conan the Barbarian’, ‘The Mummy Returns’ and ‘Waterworld’ to name a few.

John & Ann's Recommendations:

-A Matter of Life and Death

-Throne of Blood

-Wizard of Oz

-Conan the Barbarian

-Waterworld