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Lyn Paolo on her first job in television, as costume supervisor, on Dallas starting in its second season 02:54
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer
Lyn Paolo on the difference between the role of a costume supervisor and a costume designer, and on how this distinction played out during her time on the show Homefront 04:29
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer
Lyn Paolo on where she sourced the vintage material for the costumes on Homefront, which was a period show, and on what she bought versus what she designed and created for the show 02:32
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer
Lyn Paolo on the challenges of working with vintage material and period costumes, as she experienced working on Homefront, which was set during World War II 01:04
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer
Lyn Paolo on her process as a costume designer on a period show such as Homefront or Queen Charlotte, and on her process working with actors 07:41
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer
Lyn Paolo on not being able to find any work despite winning two back-to-back Emmys for her work on Homefront because she was typecast as a "period" costume designer 01:39
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer
Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER and the various challenges presented by the scope and style of the show 23:08
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Profession: Costume Designer
Lyn Paolo on the role of a costume designer: to both provide a visual cue for the audience to understand who a character is through clothing and to help the actor find the character in the role and the person they have to portray through costuming, and on the importance of listening and creating through teamwork with the actor 03:09
Interview: Lyn Paolo
Lyn Paolo on winning her first Emmy, for costume design on the World War II period show Homefront, and on attending the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 1992 01:11
Interview: Lyn Paolo
Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER, on the challenges of designing clothes for the voluminous number of extras on a show based in a hospital emergency room, and her frustration that the audience thought the extras wore their own clothes to set (which producer John Wells told her was a compliment because she made the clothes look so real) 03:24
Interview: Lyn Paolo
Lyn Paolo on working as a costume supervisor on Homefront and the challenges she faced from the Costume Designers Guild due to her work veering into design, and on eventually joining the Guild and winning her first two Emmy awards for her work on the show 03:22
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Homefront
Lyn Paolo on how she came to work in the costume department on Step by Step after not being able to find work after winning two Emmy awards 02:13
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Step By Step
Lyn Paolo on the specific challenges of designing costumes for a multi-camera sitcom on Step by Step, and on working on Mystery Dance, ER, and Step by Step simultaneously 06:02
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: Step By Step
Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER, on the challenges of designing clothes for the voluminous number of extras on a show based in a hospital emergency room, and her frustration that the audience thought the extras wore their own clothes to set (which producer John Wells told her was a compliment because she made the clothes look so real) 03:24
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Show: ER
Lyn Paolo on how an initial job working at Film Consortium in commercial production eventually led to being hired by Sandy Martin as a stylist though she had no prior experience in production 02:08
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: First Big Break
Lyn Paolo on how she came to get her first job in a costume department on a television show, on the hugely popular Dallas in its second season 01:58
Interview: Lyn Paolo | Topic: First Big Break