Conventional filmmaking wisdom says to stay away from making movies set in days gone by.Well, we went against convention when we decided to go ahead with our upcoming feature: Under Jakob's Ladder.
And yes, we're finding out first-hand why the advice says to avoid filming the historical genre. One problem we're having to deal with: Costumes.
Yes, we are now in the middle of figuring out how to costume all our actors. The prisoners are not so much an issue. But the NKVD prison guards... They have forced us to spend many an hour trying to figure out what their uniforms even look like!
And then there's the cost of actually buying the costumes... Even with places like ebay, one such uniform isn't going to be cheap. And not only is there the uniform, but there's the hat and the boots; not to mention the insignia and shoulder blades and other little extras that make up the uniform.
Oh, it would be so much easier to work on a film that deals in today's clothing.
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