The Beginning
It all began during the middle of last month (June). I receiced a call from Himanshu offering me a job with costumes design for an apparently "controversial" play. He had previously informed me of his next project late last year. He had described it as being a "Burmese" play. I was gingerly waiting for his call, and weeks became months before I receive word of "Anike".
We met (Himanshu, Maiza and myself) at a Liverpool supporter's teh tarik joint near Green Lane, Penang. It was then that Himanshu produced a script and we discussed the general plot (or rather flow) of the play. It was determined that the play needed a generic South-East Asian cultural theme. I immediately saw in my mind's eye the designs that I had been doing for Rian and Artiera. I feel that the designs would fit just nicely into the play.
Later in the evening, we met again at Himanshu's place, this time with some of the actors present. It was there I met Kala and Jin-jin for the first time, together with May and Yao-han, whom I've met during the staging of Death of a Warrior.
I showed them what little examples I had of the designs from my sketchbook. I received encouraging comments on the artwork, but nobody was really sure of how the actual costumes were going to look like. At this stage, the designs were merely in my head. I had initially thought that Jin-jin was playing Anike, as I had envisioned the lead to have short hair!
After staying for their practice session, we (my wife and I) made our way back to Kulim and I began the initial stages of the costume designs. Within 2 days, I came up with line-drawings of the designs and these were shown to Himanshu and the other players, which this time included the director of Death of A Warrior, Mr Jayaram Menon. I saw his eyes lit up upon seeing the design for Maniaka, the character he was playing.
Everything went well and Himanshu consented to the designs. Next, it was hitting Kamdar, Popular, Duriemas and City Book Store for the raw materials and tools. Our director had a rather tight budget -- but it was very much reasonable to me... This was, after all, a work in progress!
We met (Himanshu, Maiza and myself) at a Liverpool supporter's teh tarik joint near Green Lane, Penang. It was then that Himanshu produced a script and we discussed the general plot (or rather flow) of the play. It was determined that the play needed a generic South-East Asian cultural theme. I immediately saw in my mind's eye the designs that I had been doing for Rian and Artiera. I feel that the designs would fit just nicely into the play.
Later in the evening, we met again at Himanshu's place, this time with some of the actors present. It was there I met Kala and Jin-jin for the first time, together with May and Yao-han, whom I've met during the staging of Death of a Warrior.
I showed them what little examples I had of the designs from my sketchbook. I received encouraging comments on the artwork, but nobody was really sure of how the actual costumes were going to look like. At this stage, the designs were merely in my head. I had initially thought that Jin-jin was playing Anike, as I had envisioned the lead to have short hair!
After staying for their practice session, we (my wife and I) made our way back to Kulim and I began the initial stages of the costume designs. Within 2 days, I came up with line-drawings of the designs and these were shown to Himanshu and the other players, which this time included the director of Death of A Warrior, Mr Jayaram Menon. I saw his eyes lit up upon seeing the design for Maniaka, the character he was playing.
Everything went well and Himanshu consented to the designs. Next, it was hitting Kamdar, Popular, Duriemas and City Book Store for the raw materials and tools. Our director had a rather tight budget -- but it was very much reasonable to me... This was, after all, a work in progress!
posted by Alang at 1:49 AM
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Thanks, May! Come back often, as I will have more updates and info here!
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