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Designing Shakespeare Collection - Audio Interview Clip

- Design Process

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Designing Shakespeare Collection - Design Process
Filename	:	DS_NO_au19.mov
Date of Interview	:	16 December 2002
Date digital resource created	:	06 June 2003
Creator1	:	Nick Ormerod
Creator2	:	Christie Carson
Creator role1	:	Theatre Designer - Interviewee
Creator role2	:	Principle Investigator - Interviewer
Description	:	Answer: We have arguments sometimes, we talk about it. Question: Is it a creative force in your working relationship? Answer: Oh I think so yeah. I would never talk to an actor, I would always talk to Declan first and let him talk to the actor if he agrees with me. In terms of design, he sometimes says he gets frustrated because I just give him, I just give him it and say that's it. The way I find my mind works is kind of, is, it tends to be by sort of a leap. That it may be a bit of a fog, but when the fog clears, it becomes quite clear to me and then I try and realise it in terms of what I've seen. And he sometimes I think, finds it a bit frustrating because I think I can sometimes see things quite clearly and he maybe doesn't have the same image. Well obviously doesn't have the same image in his head. But at the same time it's not, as long as I don't get in the way of what the actors are doing, it's not something that greatly interests him actually. He doesn't like looking at models. This is answering the question I failed to answer earlier I think. He doesn't like looking at models. He doesn't particularly like looking at drawings, though I do do costume drawings, mainly for the actors than for him. So that if as I say, what I produce doesn't get in the way of what he wants to do with the actors, then normally he's reasonably happy.
Source	:	DS_16_12_02 (2xmini DV tape)
Format	:	Quicktime Progressive (audio)
Type	:	Resource Audio
Rights	:	This clip may be used for educational purposes only, any commercial use of this material requires permission from the copyright holders. Misuse or misrepresentation may result in legal action. Copyright holder: Christie Carson, COMPH, Royal Holloway University of London.
Length	:	1 minute 23.04 seconds