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Showing posts with label eva green. Show all posts
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Video: The Production Art of "Dark Shadows"
Warner Bros. has released this featurette examining the production art of Dark Shadows. Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, production designer Rick Heinrichs, associate producer Derek Frey, Eva Green, and makeup department head Joel Harlow look at how the visions of the various artists on the crew came together to create the film's aesthetic, from rough (and previously unseen) sketches by Burton to elaborate concept artwork.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Four New Behind-the-Scenes "Dark Shadows" Photos
The Dark Shadows News Page has posted four new images from behind the scenes of Dark Shadows. Click the photos below to enlarge them:
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Q&A with "Dark Shadows" Costume Designer Colleen Atwood
Adam Tschorn of the Los Angeles Times conducted an interview with acclaimed Dark Shadows costume designer Colleen Atwood:
Between the original series, the vampire genre and the not-so-distant '70s, there was no shortage of source material, so where did you turn for inspiration?
Some of it was from reference materials and some of it I remember from growing up in the '70s. Then there was also a nod to the old show. I tried to pay homage to that with things like Johnny's little cape coat that he wears.
In costume on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Depp looks like he's wearing a forest green cape. Is Barnabas Collins a vampire of a different color?
It's actually a very, very dark green wool, but that tends to actually [show up on screen] as black with a little bit of highlighting, which sometimes works better.
Was that made for him or was it a vintage find? It seems like there might be a lot of '70s stuff at vintage shops and flea markets.
We made it; about 75% of the principals' costumes were made. For the day players and the crowd scenes, it was mostly rental stock that came from the U.S. because it's an American story and the clothes had a different feeling from the British stuff.
Was this a fun movie to costume?
It's a period that when you look back on it, you can't kind of believe that people really did it. Most of us could remember what it was like, so we had a good laugh when people came to set.
Where did you source the fabrics — the paisleys, the velvets, the laces — for the pieces that were made?
There's a great textile fair in London called the Hammersmith Textile Fair that takes place once a month or so, and I was a regular visitor to that on my Sundays because they had some great stuff.
What was the inspiration for some of the principal characters' costumes?
For Johnny's character, we wanted to keep him really simple and singular but also have a nod to the period. I had fun with finding all the potential things that crossed over from the 18th century to 1972 — there ended up being a lot of emphasis on the collar.
One standout piece Barnabas Collins wears is a silk smoking jacket covered in a wavy pattern that looks almost like feathers or flower petals. What's the story behind that?
I loved that because it was so Tim [Burton]. It's a weird swirly pattern that from far away I suppose could be feathers, but when you see it close up it's more like those weird bull's-eye things Tim likes. It's actually an original piece — probably from the '40s — that I found at a flea market.
What about for Eva Green, who plays a witch named Angelique Bouchard?
A line in the script described Eva's character as looking like she'd stepped out of a Virginia Slims ad, so we went with a sleek, businessy look when we introduced her into the story. She's a totally modern woman, so we didn't want the sort of witchy look you would expect.
The most eye-catching piece Angelique wears is a floor-length, bosom-baring, body-hugging, blood-red dress covered in sparkling paillettes. Was that a vintage find?
Oh, no, that was made. You don't find a dress like that that fits the way it does on the rack, honey.
And Michelle Pfeiffer's family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard? Was there a kind of Karen Carpenter vibe going on there?
She was a marriage of a few different influences, including a David Bailey book called "Birth of the Cool" that has all these ultra-glamorous girls with that big hair and that look. It was a combination that fit Michelle to a T.
Judging by the assortment of macramé owl earrings she wears — and a secret that's revealed in the movie — are we to assume the family matriarch has a '70s-appropriate appreciation of the fiber arts?
I had these girls on my team who took great joy in making them for Michelle — they were very crafty. Michelle got really into the macramé too. She would ask if we could make some in a certain color or with eyes or sitting on a branch. She became part of the process.
She also favors a lot of very large and very ornate necklaces. Where did those come from?
The necklaces were these weird copper and enamel crafts people made back then. I remember these jewelry classes — I was way too little to take them, but my mom did — that taught everybody how to make this kind of wire and enamel pieces. We figured that if [her character] was into macramé, she probably would have branched out into making metal pieces as well. The pieces she's wearing are actually vintage ones I found on Portobello Road in London.
Between the original series, the vampire genre and the not-so-distant '70s, there was no shortage of source material, so where did you turn for inspiration?
Some of it was from reference materials and some of it I remember from growing up in the '70s. Then there was also a nod to the old show. I tried to pay homage to that with things like Johnny's little cape coat that he wears.
In costume on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Depp looks like he's wearing a forest green cape. Is Barnabas Collins a vampire of a different color?
It's actually a very, very dark green wool, but that tends to actually [show up on screen] as black with a little bit of highlighting, which sometimes works better.
Was that made for him or was it a vintage find? It seems like there might be a lot of '70s stuff at vintage shops and flea markets.
We made it; about 75% of the principals' costumes were made. For the day players and the crowd scenes, it was mostly rental stock that came from the U.S. because it's an American story and the clothes had a different feeling from the British stuff.
Was this a fun movie to costume?
It's a period that when you look back on it, you can't kind of believe that people really did it. Most of us could remember what it was like, so we had a good laugh when people came to set.
Where did you source the fabrics — the paisleys, the velvets, the laces — for the pieces that were made?
There's a great textile fair in London called the Hammersmith Textile Fair that takes place once a month or so, and I was a regular visitor to that on my Sundays because they had some great stuff.
What was the inspiration for some of the principal characters' costumes?
For Johnny's character, we wanted to keep him really simple and singular but also have a nod to the period. I had fun with finding all the potential things that crossed over from the 18th century to 1972 — there ended up being a lot of emphasis on the collar.
One standout piece Barnabas Collins wears is a silk smoking jacket covered in a wavy pattern that looks almost like feathers or flower petals. What's the story behind that?
I loved that because it was so Tim [Burton]. It's a weird swirly pattern that from far away I suppose could be feathers, but when you see it close up it's more like those weird bull's-eye things Tim likes. It's actually an original piece — probably from the '40s — that I found at a flea market.
What about for Eva Green, who plays a witch named Angelique Bouchard?
A line in the script described Eva's character as looking like she'd stepped out of a Virginia Slims ad, so we went with a sleek, businessy look when we introduced her into the story. She's a totally modern woman, so we didn't want the sort of witchy look you would expect.
The most eye-catching piece Angelique wears is a floor-length, bosom-baring, body-hugging, blood-red dress covered in sparkling paillettes. Was that a vintage find?
Oh, no, that was made. You don't find a dress like that that fits the way it does on the rack, honey.
And Michelle Pfeiffer's family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard? Was there a kind of Karen Carpenter vibe going on there?
She was a marriage of a few different influences, including a David Bailey book called "Birth of the Cool" that has all these ultra-glamorous girls with that big hair and that look. It was a combination that fit Michelle to a T.
Judging by the assortment of macramé owl earrings she wears — and a secret that's revealed in the movie — are we to assume the family matriarch has a '70s-appropriate appreciation of the fiber arts?
I had these girls on my team who took great joy in making them for Michelle — they were very crafty. Michelle got really into the macramé too. She would ask if we could make some in a certain color or with eyes or sitting on a branch. She became part of the process.
She also favors a lot of very large and very ornate necklaces. Where did those come from?
The necklaces were these weird copper and enamel crafts people made back then. I remember these jewelry classes — I was way too little to take them, but my mom did — that taught everybody how to make this kind of wire and enamel pieces. We figured that if [her character] was into macramé, she probably would have branched out into making metal pieces as well. The pieces she's wearing are actually vintage ones I found on Portobello Road in London.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Videos: Eight New Interviews with "Dark Shadows" Cast & Crew
The heyuguysblog YouTube channel has posted eight new interviews with cast and crew members of Dark Shadows:
Tim Burton:
Producer Richard D. Zanuck:
Helena Bonham Carter:
Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloe Moretz:
Jackie Earle Haley:
Jonny Lee Miller:
Gully McGrath:
Eva Green and Bella Heathcoate:
Tim Burton:
Producer Richard D. Zanuck:
Helena Bonham Carter:
Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloe Moretz:
Jackie Earle Haley:
Jonny Lee Miller:
Gully McGrath:
Eva Green and Bella Heathcoate:
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Video: Interviews with Burton, "Dark Shadows" Cast
Kevin McCarthy from NerdTears.com sat down with director Tim Burton and actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Bella Heathcoate, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, and Eva Green to discuss Dark Shadows:
Monday, May 07, 2012
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Video: Behind-the-Scenes Look at "Dark Shadows"
Entertainment Tonight shared some unique footage from the set of Dark Shadows, offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the new film:
Video: New "Dark Shadows" Featurette, "Strange Family"
Yahoo! Movies has posted a second Dark Shadows featurette, "Strange Family." Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Bella Heathcoate, Chloe Moretz, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, and Michelle Pfieffer all offer their insights into the Collins family. There is plenty of new footage and also plenty of potential SPOILERS:
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Photos: 16 New Stills from "Dark Shadows"
UPDATE: You can find high-resolution versions of these images, and without a watermark, at this link.
Dread Central has posted sixteen new stills from Dark Shadows, including shots of Tim Burton directing his cast. Click the images below to enlarge them:
Dread Central has posted sixteen new stills from Dark Shadows, including shots of Tim Burton directing his cast. Click the images below to enlarge them:
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Nine New Full-Body "Dark Shadows" Character Posters
Apple has posted nine new full-body character posters to promote Dark Shadows. Click on the images below to enlarge them:
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Photos: Pfeiffer, Burton, Depp on "Dark Shadows" Set
The website Gorgeous Pfeiffer has posted two scans from the newest issue of W Magazine, featuring notes from actress Michele Pfeiffer and photos of her, Tim Burton, Eva Green, and Johnny Depp making Dark Shadows:
LEAH GALLO; PETER MOUNTAIN/COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES
LEAH GALLO; PETER MOUNTAIN/COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
New "Dark Shadows" Character Posters
Empire Online has posted a series of new Dark Shadows character posters. Click the images below to enlarge them:
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Photos: Over 20 New "Dark Shadows" Images
Over twenty brand-new, high-resolution images from Dark Shadows have surfaced, thanks to Kino Gallery. Click the images below to see them in their original sizes:
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