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Hayley Claire Neil

DOB: 23/01/83

Address: 1 Market Place, Snaith, Goole, East Yorkshire, DN14 9HE

Email: info AT hayleyneil DOT co DOT uk

Mobile: 07815 046 362

Driving Licence: Full UK / Clean

Education

2002 - 2005 Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

BA (Hons) Performance Costume

Second class: upper level (2.1)

2001 - 2002 Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds

BTEC Foundation Course: Art and Design

Merit

1999 - 2001 John Leggott College, Scunthorpe

A-Levels: English Literature (A), Fashion and Textiles (A), Art and Design (B), General Studies (D)

1994 - 1999 The Snaith School, Snaith

9 GCSEs grades A* - B

Employment

Jan - Present Part Time Senior Costume Technician
Nottingham Trent University

Feb 2010 Costume Designer
The Northern School of Contemporary Dance

Jan 2010 Costume Designer/Stylist
Jonsi (lead singer of Sigur Ros)

Jan 2010 Costume Maker
"Madness In Valencia" at Trafalgar Studios

Dec 2009 Costume Daily
The King's Speech (Feature Film)

Nov - Dec 2009 Wardrobe Assistant/Costume Maker
West Yorkshire Playhouse

Oct 2009  Costume Designer
Harewood House

Apr - Sept 2009  Costume Maker
Jellyhead 3D Ltd. - Arthur and the Invisibles (Feature Film Promotion)

I was involved in the production of costumes for the characters from Luc Besson's film, to be used for the promotion of the sequel.

June 2009  Set Assistant
Walking with Dinosaurs (European Tour)

March 2009  Costume Designer & Maker
"The Inventor of Happiness" (Stop Motion Animated Short) Directed by Baz Sells

The costumes were designed and made to the scale of approximately 1:7.

March 2009  Costume Assistant
"Freight" (Feature Film) Directed by Stuart St.Paul

Whilst costume assisting on the shoot I was involved in all aspects of the department, from continuity to maintainence.

Sept 2008 - Feb 2009 Wardrobe Assistant/Costume Maker
West Yorkshire Playhouse

I was involved in the construction of costumes and costume props for the productions of Animal Farm, Peter Pan, The Snow Queen, The Hounding of David Oluwale, and Othello.

Jan 2009 Wardrobe assistant/Costume Maker

The Pussycat Dolls (European Tour)
As part of the wardrobe team I was required to make, alter, and maintain the stage costumes.

Aug 2008 Costume Maker

Suzy Hopwood (www.kylietribute.moonfruit.com)
I constructed a copy of one of Kylie's costumes designed by John Galliano.

June 2008 Costume Designer & Maker
Media Costume (mediacostume.com)

I was commisioned to design and make a tailcoat in the style of the Childcatcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

May 2008 Puppet Costume Designer & Maker
Puppeteer and Puppet Maker Jan King

May 2008 Costume Maker
The Galia Rosmarin Dance Company

I was required to make a range of costumes for this small London based Cuban dance company.

Oct 2007 Costume and Props Designer & Maker
“The Leeds Pageant” for Celebrate Leeds

I designed, hired, and made costumes for this large-scale community theatre production, which involved over 100 people.

Aug 2007 Costume Maker
Northern Ballet Theatre

I made three maid costumes and one butler’s suit for the Northern Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, set in the Regency period.

2005 - 2007 Costume Designer & Maker and Assistant Manager of Costume Production Department
W.A. Homburg Ltd., Leeds.

I was required to design and make theatrical costumes and accessories for hire, from Medieval to present day dress. I was involved in all stages of production, from design, choice of colour and fabrics, pattern cutting, dressmaking and finishing. Being assistant manager of the department entailed ordering fabrics and trimmings, dealing with customers and coordinating and supervising four staff.

Jul 2007 Costume Maker
The “Traveline Tim” Campaign for Plum Design & Advertising Ltd.

I was commissioned to make a functioning costume of the cartoon mascot character of “Tim”, to be used at publicity events. Incorporated into the costume were a carved foam head, and 18” high stilts.

Nov 2006 Costume Designer & Maker
“The Snow Queen”, Pointed Arrow Theatre Company

I designed and made all the costumes for this traveling production of the traditional children’s story. The costumes were loosely based on Victorian clothing, since the story was originally published in this period, and had to be extremely multi-functional and versatile since just four actors were playing all of the characters.

Nov 2006 Costume Designer & Maker
“The Projectionist” (short film) Screen Yorkshire

I was approached to design and make a 1940s style suit for the character of an alluring older woman who was the focus and obsession of the protagonist in this short film.

Oct 2006 Costume Designer & Maker
Music Video for SEP by Human Film

The concept of the video was based around the iconic world of The Wizard of Oz, and I was required to design, source, and make costumes for the cast and extras. The characters included Dorothy, the good and bad witches, Scarecrow, Lion, and Tin-man, along with munchkins and contemporary characters with modern clothes.

Jun 2006 Puppet Costume Designer & Maker

I was contacted by puppeteer and puppet maker Jan King to make a selection of outfits for a 50cm tall fairy puppet he had made.

May 2006 Costume and Props Designer & Maker
“The Pilgrim’s Progress”, Pointed Arrow Theatre Company

I designed and created all the costumes for this adaptation of Bunyan’s novel. The characters were divided into those in the ‘world of pen and ink’ (i.e. in Bunyan’s imagination, and in his book), and those in ‘the world of flesh and blood’, the real world. The pen and ink characters were dressed predominantly in white, printed with quotations from the text, and kept strictly monochrome, whereas the real world or historical characters were more realistic and vibrant.

May 2006 Costume Designer/Costumier/Maker
Ode to Joy (Short Film - Director: Costas Chrysanthou)

I was required to costume a cast of around 20 actors in early 1900s working-class clothing

Feb 2006 Costume and Props Designer & Maker
Mae Linn's Disgrace (Short Film - Director: Teymour Tehrani)

I designed and made five costumes for this romantic fantasy film based upon ancient Chinese dress and martial arts traditions.

Jul 2004 Costumier (work placement)
Angels & Bermans the Costumiers, London

Spring 2004 Costume Maker
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (feature film), Outlook Productions

Skills & other qualifications

• In January 2007 I attended a two day corset making course and learnt how to draft a corset pattern from scratch, and how to construct the corset using both modern and historical techniques.
• As a part of my degree course I completed modules on:
• Pattern Cutting, covering principal techniques, historical pattern cutting and contemporary design.
• Fabric Manipulation, including machine and hand embroidery, aplique, hand smocking and shibori.
• Printed Textiles, involving the uses of screen-printing, heat transfer, disperse dyes and surface decoration design including batik tie-dying and silk painting.
• I have plenty of experience using various types of industrial sewing machines and overlockers.
• I am experienced with the use of foam in costumes – I have used sheet foam as part of costume construction, and have used block foam to carve and sculpt into heads, shoes, wheels, etc.
• I am a confident and gregarious person with good social skills.

References

Are available on request