Once Upon A TIme

Though it might not be my favorite television show, Once Upon A Time is definitely on my top 10. Once Upon A Time is a drama, center around the lives of fairytale characters, who crash-landed in a small present day town called Storybrook, because of a curse by the evil queen. The show premiered in 2011 on ABC, and is now on it's fourth season.

One of the pieces of the show that never fails to amaze me and draw me in, is the costuming. The costumes are extremely intricate and detail oriented. The costumes are also almost always recognizable in comparison to the traditional fairytale characters they are based off of. The costumes for new episodes usually take between 5 days and two weeks to make, depending on the difficulty of the design and the time that was budgeted in the schedule for the costume department.

Edward Castro, the costume designer, woks with a team of 8 to 20 people, depending on the difficulty of the costumes being made for the episode. Not only do they take pride in the difficulty of the costumes they make, but also the durability of the costumes. The costumes have to be able to last multiple seasons, incase later episodes call for flashbacks. Castro told EW.com (2012) that some of the most difficult costumes they've done are designing a fireproof cape, building armor out of 500 metal conchas, and the numerous amount of wedding dressing and ballgowns they've created.

Want to learn more about some of the costumes they've designed and built? Check out this tour of the Once Upon A Time costume department!

Game of Thrones

     The highly anticipated season for Game of Thrones is going to premiere its first episode for season 3 March 31, 2013.  HBO speaks highly for the new season of the favored show.  All of the talk from the producers and directors is about how this season was the one they wanted to do the most.  Being a big fan of the show, like many others, I sit anxious for the premiere and expect nothing less then the season blowing my mind away.  I don't know what this will mean for future seasons; but with the reputation that HBO has and the sales for the Game of Thrones books, I am sure future seasons will also be as epic.

     The anticipation for this season comes from all of the new characters that are being introduced and the amount of new locations.  Scenes were shot in many countries including northern Ireland, Iceland, and Morocco.  The sets are talked about as being vast and absolutely unbelievable, the costumes and designs all look 500 years old, the characters are clashing and there is just so much more danger and risk.  Fans are holding high expectations for season 3 and I believe those expectations will be filled and then some.