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Costume Designer Daniel Orlandi is guest-blogging all day!
by Daniel Orlandi
I had been preparing for the high-pressure two days of shooting at DisneyLand for several months. There were about 800 extras including 250 kids that had to be costumed and the research had been surprising. People used to actually dress up for a day in the park back in 1962. We had everyone in colorful 1960s California finery. When dressing extras I like to give everyone a character — so no souvenirs or T shirts! We found a website where people posted their old personal photos of Disneyland. That was invaluable.
We also had to dress the park employees. Recreating Disney’s 1960s walk-around characters proved even more challenging...
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