Emma Renhard was Wardrobe for Wilfred     I came to be involved with Wilfred through the Production Designer, Marion  Harrison who was working on the project and who knew of me through a mutual friend. Wilfred was the first film I had done Wardrobe for, as I had mainly  done costume design for theatre projects. I found costume for film and theatre very different, and a great challenge. Theatre V’s Film Film is very immediate, and with a very limited time frame. Theatre allows more time for preparation and change, but with film once the scene is shot  nothing can be changed and you have to accept the results. Also shooting out of sequence meant continuity was extremely important to consider at all times; many Polaroid’s had to be taken as any mistakes would be forever!    Challenges I found the early starts and long days challenging, as well as day to day  alterations and having the improvise effectively and accurately when the  number of extras changed at the last minute, and within the budget. For example during the hospital scene the number of extras in hospital beds was more than expected, so some of the extras had to make do with dressing gowns  and pyjama bottoms.  Also on another day two scenes were filmed out of sequence and this provided  us with one of the greatest challenges. The morning scene was a wet scene in which the soldiers are seen in uniform in the lake. The afternoon was then used to shoot a dry scene, which meant we had to find a way of drying out the uniforms as best we could by laying them out on the grass in the sunshine Research In preparation for the film I looked at various costume war books, and watched the film ‘Regeneration’ which also features Wilfred Owen. We hired the costumes from Torbay Costumes and luckily they were able to advise us.  Some of the uniforms were the genuine articles from the period, whilst other had been made and distressed, but all of them were accurate to the period The Result At the first watch of Wilfred on completion it was nerve wracking to see whether the costumes looked just right. I have watched it again since and enjoyed it, so overall a very worthwhile experience. Emma Renhard    ‘For a period film like Wilfred getting the look right was very important.  We were also trying to produce a high production value film so lots of  actors and extras more than on a normal short. Emma had to work hard to meet the film’s demands and satisfy a number of the crew’s requirements from the director, cinematographer to production designer. On a period film, like Wilfred, Emma also had to work closely with the make-up designer because of their specific ‘effect’ like blood and burns requirements.’ Peter Kershaw Director