Their Pathways Intro
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This is the section where you can talk to someone in your chosen career. This should hopefully help you to decide whether this is the path you want to take. They should give you an idea of what qualifications you need, what experience you need and obviously if you actually want to pursue this career. All the Professionals have their own profile with a set of questions to help you with your choices. They also have some contact details so that if you have any questions you can ask them!!! How cool is that??? Make sure you check back on this page regularly, we try to add more new profiles every week! If you are a professional, and want to fill out our Questionnaire, so that you can let young peopl know about what you do, please click here , or the "Questionnaire" Link in the menu on the left hand side of the page. Choose Your Pathway:
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| Professional Profile: Adele Keeley-Costume Designer/maker/costume lecturer |
 What is your name? Adele Keeley What is your profession? Costume Designer/ maker/ costume lecturer What does it entail? Being a costume designer entails you working in collaboration with the director to visually realise the costumes described in the script. A costume designer illustrates their ideas in a costume design and uses these images to communicate what the costume will look like to a director, the actors and costume maker. A costume maker realises the designers vision and works with the actors measurements to create in 3D what has been drawn in by the designer in 2D. Costume makers need to draft patterns, cut and construct costumes and fit them to the actors. How did you get into it? I studies theatre studies at A level and went on to study costume at higher education later going on to study it at masters level. After I graduated from my HND I worked in theatres in London to gain experience and build up my contacts. I started as a costume maker and only started to design costumes later in my career. Did you need any qualifications? Costume making and design is a complicated subject which required a number of different skills and technical knowledge. Though some people get into the business through work placements, most study at degree level to get them started. If not, did you need any other skills to get into your profession? The most important skill you need is to be able to work in a team. Collaboration is key to getting a theatre production on and therefore working well with others is important. Also you need to be resourceful and have a lot of common sense about you. What tips would you give to someone interested in your profession? Have a true passion for it. Go to the theatre, to the cinema and really have an opinion on the subject. It isn’t the best paid job in the world and though you can earn a fair living you should be passionate about it and really want to do it, only then will you really be happy in the profession. How competitive is it to get into your area of work? There is not much work regionally but there is some, most the work tends to be around cities. It can sometimes be harder to get a job as just a costume designer as often you will be asked to design the set as well. What do you enjoy the most about your profession? I enjoy making a script come to life. Working with fabrics, colour and visually creating a character. What do you enjoy the least about your profession? Smelly socks. No matter what you want to do you will most likely start at the bottom and therefore have to be the one that washes the dirty laundry. What’s the most interesting thing you have done or the most interesting person you have met? Working on a collaborative project with a chorographer and a sculptor to create a unique piece of site specific theatre.        |
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