When: Mondays from 5:30-8:30pm
When: Mondays from 5:30-8:30 PM, February 9th – April 28th
Want to transition your love of fashion and costumes to the film & television industry? Consider taking Introduction to Costumes!
Developed by longtime costumer Hollis Smith, whose credits include WandaVision, The Walking Dead, and Ms. Marvel, and taught by Mia Nunnally whose credits include Ozark, Stranger Things, and Captain America: Civil War, students will walk away prepared for entry-level work in the costume department.
Students will learn about Hollywood costume history and iconic industry designers; the costume office organizational structure; job roles and duties in various areas of the Costume Department; and the names, uses, and protocols related to various pieces of departmental equipment and tasks. Students will also learn how costumes and various film crafts relate to one another on a working production, as well as how and why they all must operate in sync. In addition, students will look at the importance of some non-traditional skills that benefit the department.
Please note: students do have graded assignments, assessments, and projects and will receive a final grade in this course. Grades demonstrate a student’s ability to apply their understanding and mastery of concepts taught in this course. Trilith Institute instructors have a wealth of knowledge as they come with expertise in the film and entertainment industry.
*Those receiving a grade of 80 (B) or above in the course will receive a “Certificate of Completion”. Complete 3 of the Trilith Institute’s Professional Education Courses, and you will receive “Trilith Institute Outstanding Achievement in Film Arts.” In addition, if you have completed 3 courses and our Mastering Self-Marketing workshop, you will be eligible to submit an original project for consideration for our Creative Excellence Fellowship Grant, with a potential award of up to $10,000.
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Mia Nunnally is a Costume Designer best known for her work on AMC’s Spinoff series “Tales of the Walking Dead”, Paramount Plus Reboot of “The Game” and most recently Assistant Costume Designer on Hulu’s “Reasonable Doubt”.
With years of experience, Mia began as a student at Parsons School of Design in New York studying fashion marketing. There she worked in fashion PR before moving to Atlanta to work with Janelle Monae and Wondaland Arts Society styling music videos, curating projects and television campaigns. Through Wondaland Arts Society, Mia began to realize that her passion was in costume design. She began to work her way up in the film industry and made her mark as an up and coming designer who has range–designing episodes that include contemporary, urban, and period design.
In addition to designing, Mia has worked for Marvel Productions as a buyer on “Falcon & Winter Soldier” and Netflix’s popular “Ozark”, as well as a background stylist for Captain America: Civil War, Stranger Things, season 1, Respect, the Aretha Franklin story, Coming 2 America and countless other episodics and films.
Mia’s talent also lies in print and commercials where she has styled major campaigns for many brands including Adidas, FootJoy and Target.
The Trilith Institute 365 Fund supports all aspects of the 501(c)(3) organization.
$250 pays for a single episode of the Trilith Institute Talks podcast.
$500 feeds cast and crew for one Creative Excellence Fellowship Grant film
$650 provides a one-week scholarship to the Script to Screen Summer Camp
$1000 covers a Dinner With… events where students talk with industry experts over dinner
No amount is too big or small.
