Theater I: Journal Entry #3 - Costume Design (1/28)

Journal #3: Costume Design

COSTUMES 101: Dressing the Part

 

COSTUME “NEED-TO-KNOW”

- Every garment worn in a production is a costume piece.
- Costumes are a storytelling tool.

- Costumes convey information about the character to the audience.

- What kind of information???

 

WHAT DO COSTUMERS DO?

And what’s the big deal about it, anyway?

 

COSTUMERS MUST…
1. Read the script!

2. Know the LOCATION (setting).

3. Know the TIME.

4. Know the ACTION in each scene.

 

RESEARCH!

-  After a designer reads the script, they meet with the director to discuss their plans.

- Then, they can begin to RESEARCH the costume design…

- How do you do RESEARCH for a project at school?

COSTUME RESEARCH

 Library

 Internet

 Travel

 Interviews

 Art

 Imagination

 

In journal: Costume Design PROJECT (20 points):

·      Choose an occasion from the list below:

Going to play paintball
"A wolf in sheep's clothing"
Going to church
Going to a job interview
Going to the airport for vacation
At home, sick
First day of school
A first date
Going to a HOME football game
Going to your favorite band's concert
Going to prom
Visting Grandma (or another old relative)
Going to a funeral
Going to a wedding

 

·      Make a list of descriptions of the articles of clothing that you own that you might wear on this occasion.

Shirt:

Pants/skirt:

(Dress?):

Socks:

Shoes:

Hat/hair accessories:

Belt:

Jewelry/other accessories:

 

·      The next day you attend school, WEAR THE COSTUME YOU HAVE DESIGNED.  (Make sure that you remain in DRESS CODE.)  You will be asked to give a short presentation to the class on why you have chosen the specific costume pieces.

Theater I: Journal Entry #2 - Intro to Technical Theater 1/27

Journal #2: Intro to Technical Theater - 1/27

Intro to Technical Theater

The Basics

•Theater depends on people working TOGETHER.
•The people who work behind the scenes are called “technicians.”

Technicians

•Create the environment & effects.
•Usually OUTNUMBER the performers!

•Work in several areas of focus…

1.SET 2.PROPS

3. LIGHTS 4. SOUND

5. COSTUMES 6. MAKEUP

Technicians may also include the RUN CREW and stage managers.

 

SET DESIGN

•Set designers come up with the initial concept of a set.

•SET CREW will BUILD the set.

 

PROPS

•Properties crew is in charge of gathering & organizing PROPS.

•Props may have to be RENTED,
BORROWED, BOUGHT, or BUILT.

 

LIGHTS

•LIGHTING can establish the mood, time, and place of a play.

•Lighting designers decide: WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN.

•WHAT type of lights to use.

•WHERE to focus them.

•WHEN to turn them on.

 

SOUND

•Sound designer decides on music & sound effects.
•SOUND also includes any amplification!

 

COSTUMES

•Costume designers create or choose the clothing that the actors will wear.

•Costumes may be RENTED, BORROWED, BOUGHT or BUILT/SEWN.

 

MAKEUP

•Makeup refers to wigs, hairstyles, and false features AS WELL AS cosmetics.

•Actors typically do their own makeup in live theater.

•When there’s something SPECIAL, though, they need help!

 

PLEASE REMEMBER:

•TECHNICIANS in theater have to be PREPARED with all materials/designs.

•They must also WORK TOGETHER to keep a safe and clean work space.

 

Theater II & III: Show Rehearsals and Preparation

Period 6: "Now Let Me Fly" Film Project

Actors designed costumes, using creativity and the resources available to them in class.  You may bring in your own costume pieces AND we can create a costume for you out of the pieces available in the department.

Directors/camera ops started storyboarding.  Storyboards should be complete by Thursday at the start of class.

Period 7: "The Tell Tale Heart" presentation

Completed our first blocking rehearsal for Scene 1.  Get blocking from your stage manager or your technicians.  Survived the "Great Bat Scare of 2010."

Theater II & III: Journal Entry - Day One (1/26)

Write down your impressions upon reading your script with your cast/group.  Make sure to include positive impressions AND negative impressions... This is supposed to be YOUR OPINION.  Please make sure that you think for yourself.

Theater I: Journal Entry #1 - Shakespeare Insults (1/26)

Using the lists provided, write FIVE of your own Shakespearean insults.  Try to come up with the meanest, silliest sounding insults!

(The Insult Lists can be found here.)

All Theater Classes: Journals

Every student in Theater I, Theater II, and Theater III should bring a journal (a folder or notebook capable of holding three-hole punched papers that has a supply of lined notebook paper in it) to class EVERY DAY.

Every student in Theater I, Theater II, and Theater III should bring a writing utensil to class as well.  This is common sense, folks.  (Theater II and III should make sure that at least one of their writing utensils is a pencil.)