Teaching Costume Design and Costume Rendering: A Guide for Theatre and Performance Educators

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
CHAPTER 1 OVERARCHING CONCEPTS
	INTRODUCTION
	TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO RESEARCH EFFECTIVELY
	CREATIVITY AND EVALUATION
	CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND COSTUME DESIGN IN THE CLASSROOM
	SENSITIVITY ISSUES FOR COSTUME DESIGNERS
CHAPTER 2 STRUCTURING THE CLASS
	INTRODUCTION
	BUILDING BLOCKS
		Writing a Syllabus
		Planning a Class Schedule
		Costume Design: What to Cover?
		Costume Rendering: What to Cover?
	CONSIDERING YOUR AUDIENCE
		Graduates vs. Undergraduates
	CLASS TOOLS
		Using an Online Platform
		Writing Relevant Lectures
		Using Textbooks
		Production Critiques and Discussion Boards
		Using Abstract Collages
		Using Research Boards
		Using Pinterest and Other Online Systems
	TEACHING METHODS
		Online Teaching
		Incorporating IDE and Inclusive Pedagogy
CHAPTER 3 COSTUME DESIGN: THE CLASS
	INTRODUCTION
	COSTUME DESIGN AS A STAND-ALONE CLASS FOR UNDERGRADUATES
	LECTURES FOR THE COSTUME DESIGN CLASS
	LECTURE ONE - COSTUMES AND COSTUME DESIGNERS: WHAT IS THEIR FUNCTION?
		What is a Costume?
		What is a Costume Designer?
		The Stylist
		Function of a Costume
		Design for the Theatre
	LECTURE TWO - THE ROLE OF THE COSTUME DESIGNER IN THE THEATRE STRUCTURE
		Requirements of the Costume Designer
		Organization of a Theatre
		The Fully Staffed Costume Shop: Who Works There?
	LECTURE THREE - THE DESIGN PROCESS
		Designer Receives an Offer to Design a Show
		Reading the Script
		The Costume List and Plot
		Meeting With the Director and Other Designers
		Research
		The Character
		Color
		Fabric Choices
		Renderings
		The Ideal Build Process
		The Dress Rehearsal Process
		Opening Night
	LECTURE FOUR - THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
		Elements of Design
		Principles of Design
		The Script and Its Style
	LECTURE FIVE -THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DRESS
		Beginning of Modern Fashion in Western Society
		Why do Accepted Styles, or Fashions, Change?
		What Causes Fashion Changes?
		What Makes Fashions Change More Slowly?
		What Makes Fashions Change More Quickly?
		The Psychology of Dress
		The Psychology of Color
	LECTURE SIX - DESIGN STYLES
		Different Types of Shows Have Different Styles That can Affect Costume Design Choices
		How Does Show Type Vary?
		Realism vs. Stylization
		Using Period Research
		Fabric Choices
		Size of House
		Type of Show
	LECTURE SEVEN - CHOOSING FABRIC; FABRIC AND COSTUME DESIGN
		What Makes Up Fabric?
		What Does a Designer Consider When Choosing a Fabric?
	LECTURE EIGHT - BUDGETS
		Considering Period
		Tracking Spending
		Costing, or Estimating the Cost for a Show
	LECTURE NINE - DIVERSITY IN THE INDUSTRY
		The Current Industry
		Does Broadway Let Diverse Artists Tell Diverse Stories?
		How will Things Change?
	LECTURE TEN - THE LIFE OF A COSTUME
		Conception
		Development
		Realization
		The Fully Staffed Costume Shop: Who Works There?
		Dress Parade
		Dress Rehearsal
		Opening Night
	MEASURING KNOWLEDGE RETENTION
	COSTUME DESIGN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
	COSTUME DESIGN CLASSES FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION AND NON-DESIGN MAJOR UNDERGRADUATES
	COLLABORATION IN THE DESIGN CLASSROOM
	BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Diversity Articles
CHAPTER 4 COSTUME DESIGN PROJECTS
	INTRODUCTION
	PROJECTS
		Projects for Beginners and Non-Majors
	RESEARCH PROJECTS CULMINATING IN DESIGN
	SCRIPT ANALYSIS PROJECTS
		Semester-Long Design Project
		Projects That Use Music
		Projects That Use Art
		Projects That Use Fabric and Swatching
		Projects That Explore Character Development
		Projects That Utilize Well-Known Figures
		Projects That Use Diverse and Non-Western Cultures
	CROSS-LISTED PROJECTS
		Diverse and Non-Western Projects from Other Sections and Chapters
		Other Projects That Use Music
		Other Projects That Use Fabric and Swatching
		Projects More Appropriate for Graduate Students
		Scripts
CHAPTER 5 COSTUME RENDERING CLASS: THE CLASS
	INTRODUCTION
		Learning Outcomes
		Evidence of Student Learning
	WHAT TO COVER IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CLASS
	WORKDAYS, FEEDBACK, AND GRADING
	THE FIRST CLASS
	CLASS SUPPLIES
	CLASS TOPICS
		Pencil and Charcoal
		Drawing From Life
		Approaching the Human Figure
		Watercolor
		Faces
		Hands and Feet
		Still Life and Fabric Painting
		Digital Rendering
		Figures in Motion
	TEACHING A MORE ADVANCED COURSE
	PREVIOUS CLASS PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS
	TEACHING A MERGED COURSE
	THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND AND SHENANDOAH CONVERSATIONS
	WEBSITES
CHAPTER 6 COSTUME RENDERING PROJECTS
	INTRODUCTION
	PROJECTS
		Modern Designers and Copywork
		Artists, Fashion, and Copywork
		Rendering Figures in Motion
		Representing Character in Rendering
		Styles Projects
		Working From Life
		Projects That Work with Color
		Projects That Use Art
		Projects That Use Fabric
	CROSS-LISTED PROJECTS
CHAPTER 7 CONNECTING COSTUME DESIGN AND FASHION HISTORY CLASSES
	INTRODUCTION
	DECENTRALIZING AND THE COSTUME CLASSROOM
	COMBINING COSTUME DESIGN WITH FASHION HISTORY
	COSTUME DESIGN PROJECTS TO AUGMENT A FASHION HISTORY CLASS
	BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Referenced Scripts
		Referenced Websites
CHAPTER 8 TEACHING COSTUME DESIGN FOR DANCE
	INTRODUCTION
	HOW DOES DANCE COSTUME DESIGN DIFFER FROM THEATRE?
	WORKING WITH CHOREOGRAPHERS
	THE COSTUME CLASS FOR DANCERS
	PROJECTS FOR THE COSTUME CLASS FOR DANCERS
		Group Dance Costume History Presentation
		Reading Assignment and Discussion
		Music Video Design Project
		Video Critique
	THE LECTURES FOR A COSTUME CLASS FOR DANCERS
	FUNCTIONS OF DANCE COSTUMES
		What is a Costume?
		What is a Costume Designer?
		Primary and Secondary Associations
		Movement
		Communication
	LIFE OF A DANCE COSTUME
		Conception
		Development
		Presentation
		Realization
		The Fully Staffed Costume Shop: Who Works There?
		Dress Parade
		Dress Rehearsal
	DANCE PROJECTS FOR COSTUME DESIGN STUDENTS
CHAPTER 9 MENTORING STUDENT COSTUME DESIGNERS
	INTRODUCTION
	APPROACHING THE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP
	GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT DESIGNERS AND ASSISTANT DESIGNERS
	THE DESIGN PROCESS
	THE GRADING PROCESS
	MFA PROGRAMS AND THE THESIS
	SECONDARY EDUCATION AND COSTUME DESIGNERS
Conclusion and Acknowledgments
Appendix A - Facebook Groups for Costume Designers and Educators
Appendix B - Useful Websites
Appendix C - Syllabi
Index