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Basic ideas for costume designs
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How to design
a Costume
Costumes can go from absolutely stunning to simple and effective
THINGS TO REMEMBER !!!
Time periodTheme/MessageColour in relation to the sets and lightsComfort and durabilityThe whole outfit
TIME PERIODIf the Director wants a TRUE to LIFE
costume, you will need to research the style
Colour Try to get photos or pictures of how
people dressed in that timeEven Jewellery, watches and shoes!!!
Sketching
Designing A Costume Designer sketches out
designs that include:Character ideasHats – which can sometimes be a
problemFootwearProps – handbags, pipes etc
Historical - Roman
Egyptian
Medieval
Everyman – Goods Deeds
Everyman -
Costumes and Lighting You need to bear in mind the effect lights
have on a costume
Transparent under lightsLight colours disappear
Changing the colour of the costume
1900’s
Sets and CostumesA Costume Designer needs to be careful of getting
the right balance
You don’t want the costumes to Clash with the set colours
Blend in too much
The costumes can be symbolic or linked with the theme
Make believe
Design IdeasIncludeColourSwatches of materialAnnotation of ideas
Henry VIII
1920’s
Mother Goose
Napoleon
The Snow Goose
AnimalsWhen creating animal costumes you must
ensureYou are truthful to the animalMovement links with make up
CatsIn the creation of Cat
costumes, The designer allowed
for Movement Links with cats
colours Link with make up
The Lion King
The costumes in “The Lion King” are created using
MasksStilts
Extension of the bodyBlack outfits and puppets
Notice the leopard!
The giraffes are created by dancers on stilts
The dancers become the animalsusing puppets
The Lion Masks create the illusion of height and movement while still allowing performers
the opportunity to project his voice
The parrot is a puppet controlled by an actor in a
Black outfit
Design to Costume
It is always good to take photos of the finished
product.
The Design Should include:A page of research of ideasSwatches of material with annotationA rough designFinal design with annotationBibliography
Actual Costume
s
Dragon
Starlight Express
FinallyThe costume design
is up toyour
imagination
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