In which I discuss Lawrence of Arabia, machine learning, and colour theory.
Author: Courtney Coulson
Artist, costumer, podcaster.
Prometheus-by-Minute 11
In which I discuss the Engineer language, David’s perfect hair, and hero worship.
Commission- Winifred Sanderson
This might be one of the most elaborate costume I have ever made, the dress and the cloak include about 24 metres of fabric, all hand painted and bejewelled. I sculpted the snake brooches myself and they contain real malachite stones. The customer wanted it to be as accurate as possible, which is what I like to hear, I didn’t have to cut corners, I got to include as much detail as necessary, which all helps to make a costume look the very best it can. I love making drag costumes because they are larger than life, there’s no such thing as too much! Continue reading
Prometheus-by-Minute 10
In which I discuss the Titan Prometheus, anachronistic technology, and the concept of faith.
Prometheus-by-Minute 09
In which I discuss colour palettes in film, undies in the Alien universe, and express my disdain for the continued and unapologetic objectification of Shaw in the scripts.
Prometheus-by-Minute 08
In which I discuss what the Engineers meant by those “invitations”, wonder what the hell a Zeta 2 Reticuli is and delve into an unused scene from the Spaight’s script.
Commission: Traversing History
Project director and photographer: Marla Bishop
Make-up artists: Kat Winslade and Camila Cufré
Costumes: Connor Coulson
Models:
Nic Färgglad
Erin Delaney
Jasper Storm
Luciano Spadoni
Connor Coulson
This was an unusual project, I was approached by Marla, a photography student who had an ambitious photoshoot that they needed costumes for. The concept was androgynous reinterpretations of various periods in history, I love history and I have a fascination with androgyny, so I was keen. In total there were fifteen costumes, I was assigned these five pre-20th century periods and one futuristic one. Marla gave me rough idea of what they wanted but I had a lot of creative freedom and they were happy with these initial illustrations you see below. It was an intense project, very little budget and very little time, but such is the life of a costumer and I was up to the challenge. I only had one fitting with the models and it was one week before the shoot, I was sewing right up until the minute some of these costumes were photographed. But I always meet a deadline!
I enjoyed this collaboration, Marla is a talented photographer and they assembled a fine team of make-up artists and models. I can now say my work has been on display in a gallery now too. Continue reading
Prometheus-by-Minute 07
In which I discuss cave paintings and Zeta Reticuli, and my pop filter decides to let me down for some reason (sorry about that).
Footnotes:
- Big thank you to my good friend and amazing research assistant, Steph Cullingford for the information on cave paintings. She is also a talented costume designer, check out her website here: http://stephaniecullingfo.wixsite.com/egraphsen
- Creepy hands (Illuminati confirmed?)
Prometheus-by-Minute 06
In which I discuss locations, costumes and introduce Holloway and Shaw.
Footnotes:
Ridley Scott interview:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ridley-scott-prometheus-alien-blade-runner-324779
Lindelof script:
Prometheus-by-Minute 05
In which I discuss animation, Engineer psychology, and drop some real science about DNA
Footnote:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/what-dna-actually-looks-like/265713/
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