Crew Chats

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

Sue Hills began her working career at the BBC at the age of 18, where she had the opportunity to apply for various training courses. After a few years as a production secretary in the Light Entertainment department, Sue began a training course to be a script supervisor, which gave her the chance to work in various departments including, current affairs, religious programmes, documentaries, music and arts, children’s programmes and comedy. With the intention of being part of the Drama department she completed a continuity course and went onto join the BBC Drama department. Her first job was working on Howards Way and she went on to work on the likes of The Buccaneers, Clarrisa and Our Mutual Friend. Sue stayed at the BBC until 1999, after which she became a freelance Script Supervisor working with directors such as Roger Michell, Stephen Frears, Ron Howard and Joe Wright, to name a few.

Sue's Recommendations:

-Great Expectations (1946)

-To Kill a Mockingbird (1963)

-Atonement

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

Dougie Hawkes studied Illustration and Fine art and worked as a Graphic Designer but having had a lifelong interest in Costume through his father, he began his costume career working at a leading costume house, where he worked on a wide variety of films such as Tess of the d’Ubervilles, TV shows such as Jeeves and Wooster, Agatha Christies Poirot and music promos for the likes of Madness and Duran Duran as a costumier. Dougie later went onto help establish the 20th Century Costume house from its infancy and helped set up the 20th century department at the Angels costume house. Since 2006 he has been working full time as either an assistant designer or crowd supervisor on films such as Aladdin, Rocketman and The Gentlemen.

Dougie's Recommendations:

-Death in Venice

-Sea Biscuit

-The Night Manager

-Once Upon a Time in America

-Edward Scissorhands

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

Tim studied Fashion and Textiles in Southport in the mid-eighties moving to London in 1989. It was there that Tim began making clothes for pop promos and commercials, assisting on fashion photo shoots and making costumes for the likes of Erasure, Paul McCartney, Dead or Alive and David Bowie amongst others. Subsequently Tim set up a studio in North London in the late nineties and from there made costumes for Boy George’s musical taboo and went onto work for his fashion line in New York. Thereafter Tim took a break from the freelance world and worked for Vivienne Westwood for 4 years. After which he decided to focus exclusively on costume, which led to him assisting leather artisans, Whitaker-Malem on the Wachowski film, Jupiter Ascending. Subsequently Tim has had a career in film, cutting for film such as, Aladdin, Nutcracker and The Kings Man.

Tim's Reccomendations:

-All About My Mother/Talk to Her

-Sunset Boulevard

-Marlene

-Juliet of the Spirits

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

Today’s guest is Fiona Barty, she studied Animation and Electronic media at Duncan of Jordanstone in Dundee. Fiona started her career working on the puppets for various stop motion animation films, including Corpse Bride and Fantastic Mr Fox. Currently Fiona works as a Costume Props and Jewellery Maker, making a wide variety of things, from muscle suits for superheroes and fantasy headdresses to sculpting work and jewellery for various films including, Captain America, Pan and Aladdin.

Fiona's Recommendations:

-The Goonies

-Labyrinth

-Moulin Rouge

-Nightmare Before Christmas

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

Janna Bannon studied Costume for the Performing Arts at London College of Fashion. After graduating she worked in the ladies’ workroom at the English National Opera as a costume maker and later went on to become a freelance cutter and maker. Over the last 13 years Janna has worked on many operas, west end musicals, fashion shows and in Tv. Janna also works in the music industry sewing for a range of artists from the Spice Girls to Rihanna and has worked as Wardrobe, touring with acts such as UB40, David Gray and Steps. She has been most recently working in the principal costume workroom on Seasons 3 & 4 of The Crown on Netflix.

Janna's Reccomendations:

-War Horse

-Cellist

-Line of Duty /Our Girl

-The Inbetweeners

-Dirty Dancing

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

For this episode I am joined by three friends, Jenni Carvell Wood Beth Sparkes and Bobbie Edwards, all who currently work in the film industry. Jenni began her career as a dancer studying at the southeast theatre school. She has had a career dancing all over the UK in musical theatre shows until hanging up her shoes in her early 30’s. This is when she became a personal dresser in west end theatre. After 10 years of theatre dressing she became a personal standby to a leading actress in film and television.

Beth studied Costume with Performance Design at Arts University Bournemouth. She started her costume career as a trainee on the BBCs New Tricks, she has worked as a standby and she now works in the industry as a costume coordinator.

Bobbie also studied Costume with Performance Design at Arts University Bournemouth she started her career as a trainee and has worked as a standby, working as a coordinator and supervising and now works full time as an Assistant Designer, most recently working on Good Omens and Peaky Blinders.

Recommendations:

Jenni: Elf & Shawshank Redemption

Bobbie: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (film), Some Like it Hot & Flawless

Beth: Mary Antoinette & Pearl Harbour

Ever wondered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, crew chats is a new podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions. In this episode, I chat to Sinead Kidao about her role as a Costume Designer and her work in trying to implement more sustainable processes in the costume world.

Sinead Kidao is a RADA trained Costume Designer, who has designed various tv shows and films such as upcoming BBC series ‘Small Axe’ and episodes of TV shows, Black Mirror and Urban Myths as well as designing various short films. Sinead has also worked with Oscar winning designer Jacqueline Durran since 2010, on many films including, Pan, Macbeth, Anna Karenina and most recently Little Women which won the Oscar for best Costume design. Alongside her design work, Sinead is passionate about sustainability and has in response to this, created the Costume Directory, a source for those in the costume world looking for companies and products that are amongst other attributes sustainable and environmentally conscious.

https://www.sineadkidao.com/the-costume-directory

Sinead's Reccommendations:

-The Wire

-Some like it Hot

-Leopard

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. In this episode we are chatting to Steph Szumlakowski about her job as a Textile Artist in the film world.

Steph Szumlawkowski studied Textile Design in Dundee and then did a masters in the same discipline at the Royal College of Art. Since Graduating, Steph has been working as a Textile Artist in the film industry. She’s worked on the likes of Cinderella, Mary Poppins, Star Wars and Aladdin.

Steph's Recommendations:

-Marvelous Mrs Maisel

-Fifth Element

-Life Aquatic

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

In the first episode we talk to Costume Coordinator Pascha Hanaway about how she got into the film industry and what her job involves.

Pasha studied Creative Writing and has been working in the film industry since 2011 in various departments, from production to assistant directing she is currently a coordinator in the costume department. Pascha has worked on films such as Aladdin, Maleficent 2 and the upcoming Netflix series Bridgertons.

Pascha's Recommendations:

-Hook

-Goodfellas

-Edward Scissorhands

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