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Behind the Curtain: COSTUME DESIGN

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Behind the Curtain: COSTUME DESIGN

Question 1

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1. According to the reading, another word for making a costume for an actor is...

Question 2

2.

From what you see on the "color renderings for King Lear" images, what do costume designers sometimes attach to their renderings (sketches) to help plan what the costume will look like?

Question 3

3.

Costumers use a __ _ to keep track of what a character wears from scene to scene.

Question 4

4.

This is what a costume designer creates to keep track of every item of clothing and every accessory used by an actor in an entire show.

Question 5

5.

The item above also helps the costume designer to know exactly HOW they are going to get the costume for the actor. Not counting "size" what are the 5 options available for getting a costume?

Question 6

6.

A handy resource for actor information is a ___________ _ ______. They can be reused if an actor appears in another production later on, but might need to be updated.

Question 7

7.

List at least 15 items that you would place on your "Costume List" for this particular character. Clothing and accessories (including personal props).

Question 8

8.

Use the area provided digitally or use a paper and your choice of drawing materials to flesh out the following costume design:

Subject A: He is eccentric, that's for sure. If he were to describe himself, it would probably be something like "Eccentric! Quirky! Unique! Outlandish! Unconventional!" – you get the point. He wears a tail coat and a top hat with green pants, gray gloves, and cane. Aside from his clothes, he has "bright sparkling eyes" and a voice that's "high and flutey". Definitely one-of-a-kind. And his personality matches his clothes. You might even call him a bit crazy: he dances and sings at strange times, pretends he can't understand very simple questions, and shouts words just for the fun of it.

Question 9

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Use the area provided digitally or use a paper and your choice of drawing materials to flesh out the following costume design:

Subject B: A tall old man, clean shaven, save for a long white mustache and clad in furs from head to foot, without a single speck of color about him anywhere. This mustache is a large, bushy Victorian mustache and he has a head of dense, curly hair, massive eyebrows, and peculiarly sharp white teeth. His clothing makes it look like he stepped out of a dance club from the 1970's.

Question 10

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Use the area provided digitally or use a paper and your choice of drawing materials to flesh out the following costume design:

Subject C: At age 14, she is a pretty girl, but wan, pale and overly dramatic, dressed as she is in her favorite color, black. She’s a combination of a little death rocker and an ’80s version of Edward Gorey’s little girls. She has a couple of expensive cameras around her neck and is already taking photographs to document the world around her. Lydia is cool, Lydia is sullen, Lydia is her father’s daughter by his first marriage. Lydia is usually about half-ticked off. But underneath… we like her a lot.