![]() Day one, first the good news: 600 extras show up 300 wearing Union blue and 300 wearing Confederate gray. Once production starts, a routine set in this lasts for the next five months of shooting. Our big problem after cast clothing is in keeping up with the stunt department and effects department damage sure to be done during the battle scenes and split-off second units.Īnd, even though this is a very ambitious project in terms of scale – we’re told that being an independent film, the overall budget is defiantly not major studio and more resembles an overlarge ‘Movie of the Week’ – we prepare accordingly. The script reads something like this: soldiers, battle, battle, civilian crowd, battle, battle. And, most with several changes duplicated for stunt doubles. Many have multiple changes, as our story covers three years of time. ![]() This is good news because we have about 168 cast member speaking parts. And, in many cases, Civilian reenactors provide necessary civil clothing. On Gods and Generals, a pretty big, Civil War film, we’re given certain information up front:įor background, we’re using reenactors who are providing their own uniforms. Armed with that information, you can compile lists of clothing wanted, get it priced, get the budget approved, acquire the clothing, and get ready to fit the crowds before they work. You start with the script – list the various crowd scenes and break them down by type, gender and action then, check with the production department for amounts of extras anticipated and where they work in the schedule. Usually, assessing background costume requirements is pretty straight forward. Assessing Costume Requirements – Not Always a Straight Forward Task ![]()
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