Introduction examines costume impact on actors and audience engagement in ancient world films, indicating important roles in storytelling.
This introduction establishes the framework for a special issue on costuming the ancient world on screen. It explores the influence of costumes on actors and their art, the agency of the designers creating the costumes as part of a process of worldbuilding, and finally the way costumes drive/inhibit audience engagement with antiquity. The essays in this issue address both historical films and costume dramas set in the ancient world.
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