Sarah Cogan - Designing for low budget, owning a rental house, and inspiring others

Voice Of Costume - Creating Character through Costume Design

The “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. Please comment and leave a 5-star review to help get the voices of these Costume Designers into the world.

Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Sarah Cogan and Catherine Baumgardner.

Topics Include:

Sarah Cogan starting out

18 1/2 independent film

$2000 budget for costumes

One woman show of the entire costume department

Huge importance of a set costumer

Impact of not having a set costumer on set

Owning her own costume rental house

Hack for numerous background on a low budget

Organization, Systems and Deadlines

Oscar shortlisted short “Bienvenidos a Los Angeles”

Her podcast on costumes

The workshops she host for growing costume designers and filmmakers

World building

Inherent conflict in the costumes in world building

Definition of Success

Filmmaking is ultimately a “Service Business”

Sarah’s Screenplay reading Hack

Life by Intention

Take Sarah’s online workshops here:

Sarahcogan/workshops

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