KatieJane Heffernan
Design for Stage and Screen (Costume Design and Construction) BA(Hons)
dun Laoghaire institute of art, design and technology
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Costume Design - Stage Screen Dance / Menswear / Textiles
My location: Dublin, Ireland
KatieJane Heffernan
First Name: KatieJane
Last Name: Heffernan
University / College: dun Laoghaire institute of art, design and technology
Course / Program: Design for Stage and Screen (Costume Design and Construction) BA(Hons)
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Costume Design - Stage Screen Dance / Menswear / Textiles
My Location: Dublin, Ireland
About
KatieJane Heffernan is a 23-year-old costume design graduate with a passion for period costume design. Driven by a strong interest in the communicative nature of costume, her work explores how character and narrative are conveyed through both the design and construction of costume. KatieJane has gained experience designing and making costumes for both student lead film productions as well as theatre, allowing her develop skills in design, styling and garment construction. KatieJane hopes to refine these skills and expand her experience within both the film and theatre industries.
For KatieJanes’ Major Project, she chose to adapt the short horror novella, “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, by H.P. Lovecraft, for the screen. Published in 1936 and originally set in Massachusetts during the 1930’s, she reimagined the story instead in the 1890’s, amplifying its gothic horror theme. Set in a dark fantasy world inhabited by sea creatures and God-like deities, the narrative feature's themes of paranoia and transformation, reflecting upon Lovecraft’s anxiety’s concerning personal and cultural identity. Through the adaptation of historical silhouettes and fabric manipulations, such as distressing, pin tucking and furrowing, KatieJane aimed to evoke the sense of otherworldliness prevalent in the story
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