CDG - The Costume Designer

37 A lover of musicals, Hoff man is excited to explore them in a cre- ative way on fi lm, currently adapting a musical called A Hundred Days with Bad Robot, led by J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath. "Imagine Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as a musical," she enthuses. The project began when she was approached by uibi's technology team with funding for a camera test. She couldn't resist turning the opportunity into something more am- bitious. The "camera test" became a short of her favorite song from the musical, "ears Go By." She explains, "The short was quick and low budgetjust an expression, a surrealistic look at love and a physical manifestation of loss." Hoff man collaborated with close friends, including costume designer Dominique Daw- son Colin in Black & White whom she assisted back at . She completed the short just as uibi went under, but she had creat- ed a dream sample, which let her explore the visual language of feature fi lm. This short led to her being signed by Radical Media for commercials and music videos. Hoff man recently directed her fi rst commercial, a global WhatsApp campaign shot in London. The clients allowed her tremendous creative freedom, a rarity she knows from commer- cial styling. The three WhatsApp spots are almost like 30-second mini-movies. Hoff man notes that it is still di cult for women to be hired for positions not on their rsum. Alma Har'el, director of Honey Boy, and someone Hoff man has designed for in the past, vouched for her to the agency. "I am eternally grateful to her," Hoff man says, "and already pitching the next one." She also has two original features with Bad Robot, includ- ing a Smokey and the Bandit style trucker movie called The Sisters of Scott County, slated for next summer. That is in addition to three T shows in development: Kentucky Blaze, a collaboration with the Cyrus family, Fairy Fck Mother, a comedy co-created with Roche Jeff rey for F, and is cur- rently brainstorming a blind script deal for Sony. "I hope my j n spi s co u s. Our d • s "I hope my j n spi s co u s. Our d • s "I hope my j n spi s • acc• b• if we a€ ‚ co u s. Our d • s • acc• b• if we a€ ‚ co u s. Our d • s ƒ m. Th… co† ‡ ˆ y ‰ s ƒ • acc• b• if we a€ ‚ ƒ m. Th… co† ‡ ˆ y ‰ s ƒ • acc• b• if we a€ ‚ wŠ ld Œ Ž I hope Œ make ƒ m. Th… co† ‡ ˆ y ‰ s ƒ wŠ ld Œ Ž I hope Œ make ƒ m. Th… co† ‡ ˆ y ‰ s ƒ ' pr" d. We • p• ful Š y- wŠ ld Œ Ž I hope Œ make ' pr" d. We • p• ful Š y- wŠ ld Œ Ž I hope Œ make t˜ s ™ t s š Œ be › œ d." ' pr" d. We • p• ful Š y- t˜ s ™ t s š Œ be › œ d." ' pr" d. We • p• ful Š y- Photo: ears Go By, WhatsApp Photo : G ood T i me G ir l s, D a n i el Ar no ld

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