So far this semester, we have discussed the theatrical definition of a costume, explored what a costume communicates to the audience and examined how the Elements & Principles of Design help us communicate our choices. Students are currently working on a poster project to express their understanding of one of the Elements or Principles. Posters are due by the end of class Wednesday, August 31.
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On Thursday, May 5, we will move class to the Black Box Theatre for our Refashion Project Presentations. Each group will show us "before" pictures of their garments, explain their design and construction process, and model the finished costume.
Students are working in self-selected teams of three to create a complete costume out of a bag full of garments from our costume storage closet. Completed projects will be presented May 5 in the Black Box Theatre.
On Monday, April 25 we will have a guest speaker. Patricia Martin, Professor of Costume Design at the University of Arkansas will be spending the class period with us to share her portfolio and her design process. After completing the basic hat, based on the Master Oval, students are being challenged to create a paper version of a hat with a different shape. Sone is giving each student a line drawing and scale drawings of the pattern pieces; students are drafting the full size version and putting the paper hats together.
On Tuesday, March 29, we will begin a brief Millinery unit, learning how to pattern a hat and creating a paper mock-up. Materials will be available in class (no digital version to share).
Students have completed their analysis of the play and characters. Next week we will spend class periods creating costume design renderings for three characters; these will be fully developed and colored. The completed project is due March 18, end of class.
We have been reading "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde, in class. When we complete the reading, we will begin analyzing the characters in preparation for creating costume design renderings. See the attached assignment below. Students are spending class time creating modern and historically dressed figures. Next week we will begin reading and analyzing the play "The Importance of Being Earnest"; ultimately students will create full color design renderings for the characters of the play.
Students are learning to apply the 8-head proportion system to the figures they are developing. After we spend this week drawing the human form in various poses, students will move on to adding clothing to the figure. These skills will be put to use when we read play scripts and create costume rendering design projects. Here is the link for the drawing lessons we used to gain an understanding of proportions for figure drawing: Drawing Lessons On Tuesday, February 2, we will have an open-note Costume History quiz. I have attached links below for all of the presentations that I have access to share. The links don't seem to be live, but if you highlight the link and right-click, you will have the option to open it. Or, you can copy and paste the link into a new tab.
After the quiz, we will begin drawing the human figure. The figure drawing will lead into drawing characters with costumes, otherwise known as costume renderings. |