How Ngo Thanh Van spent 2 billion VND to make dresses for 'Tam Cam' 3
Tam Cam is a new film project by Ngo Thanh Van with a budget of up to 20 billion VND.
The producer’s representative said this number is not cheap, but it is worthy of Ngo Thanh Van and his crew’s expectations of designs that fit the film’s context and exude Vietnamese culture.
The costumes were conceptualized and modeled by designers such as Trinh Hoang Dieu (Trinh Cong Son’s younger sister), Mai Lam, Tung Vu and advised by designer Thuy Nguyen, creative director Hoang Anh, stylist
Photos of Ngo Thanh Van and Lan Ngoc in the movie.
The 10 main characters have an average of four outfits each to change into.
The dresses are inspired by the traditional costumes of Vietnamese women through the ages such as camisole, four-piece shirt, ao dai, mandarin, scarf, shoes… Patterns of chrysanthemum, lotus, and apricot flowers
The creative element is shown through costume changes, such as putting `stepmother` Ngo Thanh Van’s overalls outside the jacket.
Costume materials are carefully selected, prioritizing traditional fabrics such as silk, brocade, cotton… with embroidery techniques from skilled craftsmen.
The material for each outfit is based on the character’s personality in the movie, for example, Tam is gentle and hard-working, so the outfit has light, rough fabric and is not as sophisticated and complicated as the roles of Cam and stepmother.
Accessories also cost a large amount of money because they have to be completely new.
The fabric for the character Tam when she was not yet crowned Queen was made from rudimentary materials with simple colors.
The total time from sketching the drawing to completion took about three months.
To easily visualize the practicality, all hand-drawn drawings were tested and re-selected by the crew.
As the person responsible for designing costumes and props for the film alongside professional consultants, Ngo Thanh Van said that few Vietnamese directors have the courage to make movies in the historical genre because of the cost of making costumes.
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