Grace Brooks
Education
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Equipment
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Skills
Secondary Job Title | Costume Assistant |
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Highlights
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Costume experience listed in order from most recent:
• ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’ Talkback Thames for BBC, London. October-November 2011. Costume assistant.
o General maintenance and ironing responsibilities.
o Dressing & customising costumes for the identity parade.
• ‘Traders: East India Company and Asia’ Live event at the National Maritime Museum, London.
September-2nd October 2011. Costume assistant & maker.
o Sourced & produced 18th Century/Asian inspired costumes.
o Dressed & looked after models at public museum event.
• ‘Sam and Mark’s Big Friday Wind-Up’ CBBC, London.
August-September 2011. Costume assistant.
o Standby, looking after presenters in studio with live audience.
o Dressing, organising & prepping costumes.
o Full laundry responsibilities, pressing shirts, and steaming suits for presenters.
o Quick alterations & maintenance of costumes.
• ‘Gigglebiz’ CBeebies, London. On location & in studio.
August-September 2010. Costume trainee.
o Customised & repaired costumes to HD quality.
o Dressing & maintaining costumes.
o Standby work on set with continuity & looking after supporting artists.
o Worked alongside extras.
o Helped to keep costume van organised.
• Royal College of Music, London.
February -March 2010. Opera costume department trainee.
o Quick alterations, hand & machine sewing.
o Helped with quick changes and dressing.
o Organising & selecting stock from the wardrobe store.
o Communicating with the opera students, assisting with dressing & fittings.
• Young Vic Theatre, London.
January -February 2010. Wardrobe trainee.
o Fabric sampling & testing.
o Pattern drafting, altering garments to fit, & hand sewing.
o Heavy breaking-down of costumes for stage.
o Organising the bible from a previous production.
o Buying & sourcing for several productions.
• Nottingham Arts Theatre, Nottingham. General trainee.
List of personal skills relevant to the job:
• Specialist skills:
o Industrial, domestic machine and hand sewing techniques.
o Accurate historical pattern cutting and construction.
o Tailoring.
o Tutus and dancewear, frames and corsetry.
o Experience in breaking down, dyeing and print.
o Fabric manipulation, embroidery, beading and applied decoration.
o Strong design and drawing skills, including life drawing and a well developed sense of colour
o Has designed and made 18th century, Victorian and Edwardian costumes for men and women.
o Experience in wardrobe for both theatre and television.
• People skills:
o Works very well in a team.
o Able to communicate ideas clearly and work in a methodical manner.
• Self-reference skills:
o Willingness to learn alongside an enthusiastic nature.
o Motivated by a busy and exciting working environment.
• General skills :
o An organised person who is able to look at the details in order to reach a successful result.
o Has the ability to work well to a brief and to deadline.