Noye's Fludde: Research

 

While developing the ideas for the Gossips I felt that these costumes were not right for the drunken characters, however if they can help with any developments for the other ladies being designed for Noye's Fludde you are welcome to take ideas from them.

Gossip design developments

Some developments for the Gossips trying different pattern positions, colours and shapes of kaftans and collars.

Dark Blue Gossip

Sea Green Gossip

Sea Grey Gossip

Light Blue Gossip

Gossip with a different shaped kaftan and collar

Gossip with a different shaped kaftan and collar

Mr and Mrs Jem - Stephanie 

Apologies for the late post.

For Mrs Jem I thought that it would be nice to use a modern boyfriend maxi dress, as it's not dissimilar to the biblical style of dress. I wanted to use the same colour scheme of greys with more vibrant tones for both of them. I'm not sure about the colours I've used at the moment but I think a dull dress with vibrant scarf on Mrs Jem and a vibrant dress and dull waistcoat for Mr Jem could work. 

I'm really not sure about the colours I've used and it might be nice to tie in an overall colour scheme with the brothers. I think it could also be nice to get some pattern in there, I like what Fen has used in her designs. 

Original Mood Board/Visual Map - in case it's useful

Mood Board

Here is the mood board or visual map given to us for anyone who may benefit 

Here is also my basic mind map if it's useful to anyone (just realised I missed off Kandinsky to Expressionism) 

Fenella Mr and Mrs Noah Costume Design

Noah and Noah's Wife 

I've been trying to marry together bright contrasting and harmonious colours to make the most of the colour used in the costume as it seemed an important feature on the mood board given.

Photographer Steve McCurry

I looked at photographer Steve McCurry because of his amazing command over colour. Much of his best work comes from his travels in Asia and North Africa where he photographed the people he met. the photographs below some of my favourites from Afghanistan, India and Morocco, where in some rural parts, clothing styles have not changed that much since ancient times as practicality and tradition are important.

Ancient Judean Artefacts

I looked to find some artefacts from the time period of the story of Noah and the Arc. I focused on ancient Judea but also looked at some Roman depictions of the period for the style of clothing. In my designs I've put both Noah and his wife in a heavyish woven tunic with hoods and scarfs draped about their bodies and heads. I opted to go traditional in terms of the shape of the clothing. I also took some inspiration from the colours used in the ancient cloth and jewellery.

Arabic Patterns and Stained Glass

On of the key images I picked out of the mood board was that of the stained glass windows because I felt it included many of the other features such as bold colours, geometric patterns and of course a religious significance. While doing my research I found that the patterns in a lot of stained glass windows where similar to those used in traditional islamic prints. My drawings are supposed to have a suggestion of pattern as I felt these where too intricate to draw at this point but I think traditional arabic prints with the super modern Steve McCurry colours would be really striking.

I also took inspiration from the mood board's 15th century religious art for the harmonising earthy brick colours. I thought it was a nice touch to include the brick colour of "The Red House" the iconic home of Benjamin Britain the Composer of the opera. 

Some of the bits and pieces from the inspiration board that influenced the previous design

The prints and stained glass that look like waves and puddles were my inspiration for the design painted.