Director Michael Gracie is a creative genius in the contemporary music world, and he directs the American circus legend P. T. Barnum's biographical film King of the Circus was released in North America during the Christmas season. This is Hollywood's first original live-action musical theater movie in nearly 22 years, and the actors' gorgeous costumes are accompanied by the rhythm of song and dance, recreating the once prosperous dream world.
The film won best music/comedy, best original song in the 75th Golden Globe Awards in the film category, and the actor Hugh Jackman was nominated for best actor in a musical/comedy film. Filming King of the Circus, director Sigrew was influenced by his childhood favorites West End Story, The Sound of Music, The Merry Man and Bob Foss's Jazz Spring, as well as Three Gilliam's The Ultimate General. "Everything he does shows its unique drama – the props, the texture and the costumes, and I love that feeling. Because it's a story that wants to create, not try to imitate the real world, when people are immersed in songs, you find that it's very important in musicals," said one Australian director.
40-minute interview with the creative team
The film expresses the director's creative intent through costumes, and they brought in Ellen Mirojnick, the designer who won the Costume Designers Guild of America Award for Best Costume Design for a Television Movie/Miniseries for Behind the Candlestick, and she said, "The first thing the director said to me was that the story was inspired by P.T. Barnum. He didn't want it to be a period-centered film and wanted it to be a romantic classic, as if at the forefront of fashion, to stand out from editorials and see it in fashion magazines like Vogue.
The costume design team has to produce up to 800 costumes in a very limited time, and the design of dance costumes involves a problem, that is, "how to make the costumes look romantic fantasy effects, both in line with the realism of history and not pretentious, but also to be at the forefront of fashion" These questions have brought challenges to everyone. In addition to studying clothing in the 18th and 19th centuries, Mirojnick also studied the design direction of the works of John Galliano (1998-2001) and Christian Dior (2001-2007). She explains: "Gagliano mixed elements from every century of the world to create his designs, and we basically did the same thing from the same point of view. ”
Jackman, a costume designer at Barnum, made clothes for him in his early life and eventually earned a life of prosperity, meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Perhaps his proudest work was the beast trainer's jacket, in which Jackman was inlaid with a bright red silk and wool-woven pure gold herringbone pattern, along with gold buttons engraved with the word "B".
She said: "I've never seen the birth of a character so clearly, and it was Hugh and his seven-year dream. Watching him put on that red coat one by one, I've never seen an actor as brilliant as he is, and his cheerful personality looks like a blossoming flower! ”
Due to a limited budget, Mirojnick relied on, among other things, Marchesa, Zuhair Murad and J. Donation of the Mendel brand. For the opening scene of Swedish singer Jenny Linde (Rebecca Ferguson), the designer dismantled a gorgeous silk satin wedding dress by Zuhair Murad. Also, in this satin dress by Michelle Williams, who plays Barnum's wife Charity, designer Mirojnick said: "Williams' delicate silhouette, with the simple atmosphere of a modern woman, with a velvet cloak is a good foil to her personality, she looks like a little princess." In addition, Zandaya wears brightly colored costumes in the film, especially the big V pilot suit, with pink hair and modern gold boots, everything is very emotional. ”
The use of color also helps the director create a higher sense of realism, as Gracie says: "It was very important for me before shooting with a lot of pre-customized color palettes with the artist, which influenced the design of the costumes and sets. Designer Mirojnick agrees, noting: "Wrapped in color, the picture is so lively and rich. From the moment a song starts, it comes alive on the screen, all based on changes in light, color, and sound.
For the costume of the bearded lady, Mirojnick designed a silk taffeta dress. "When we had to shoot in two days, I flipped the dress out and it turned out a gorgeous two-tone dress," she recalls. ”
In this project, the costume design played an important narrative role, taking seven years to bring it to the screen and shooting in less than a year. "Mirojnick really put these characters into life, and all I can think of is how to get all the actors to live in the characters like never before," the director said. One of the themes of this film is celebration. Because it's different, it makes me think it's a good life. ”
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