I stood outside an enormous studio barn, home to the end battle

sequence of The Dark is Rising. A thuggish looking woman in jeans

wheeled a rack of costume changes up next to me. She then tapped

my arm and smiled. "Give me a hand?" I gladly obliged, helping her

set two fully dressed dummies up next to a rack of handpicked

clothing.

The first costume belonged to the bad guy in the film. The full-bodied

armor of the The Rider, a character played by Christopher Eccleston.

The chest plate was a pattern of aged leather, weaved and overlapped

into an overtly Celtic design. Attached to it were well-worn leather

pants. At the bottom, a pair of brown leather boots that could have

just as easily belonged to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Shrouded over the

ensemble piece was a black cloak. Raven feather ... Читать дальше »