Beginning Costume Design and Construction

Study Materials

SES #	TOPICS	MATERIALS
1	Intro: who are you and who am I? What is a costume? Why a costume designer? Lecture: Reading the Play	Chekhov, Anton. “On the Harm of Tobacco.” Baker, Georgia O’Daniel, and Helen Redel Pullman. “The Basic Figure and How Clothes Fit the Body.” Chapter 1 in A Handbook of Costume Drawing. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780240804033. Basic Function of Costumes (PDF) Reading the Play (PDF) Stencil Rendering (PDF)
2	Lecture: Psychology of Clothes Discuss On the Harm of Tobacco lists	Perrault, Charles. “Little Red Riding Hood.” (1697)  Baring-Gould, Sabine. “Little Red Riding Hood.” (1895)  Sharpe, Anne. “Not So Little Red Riding Hood.” (1985)  Phillips, H. I. “Little Red Riding Hood as a Dictator Would Tell It.” (1940) Taken from:  Zipes, Jack. The Trials & Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood. New York, NY: Routledge, 1993. ISBN: 978-0415908351. The Psychology of Clothes (PDF 1), (PDF 2)
3	Discuss Little Red Riding Hood and the idea of concept
4	Lecture: Script and Character Analysis; Research; Styles of Costumes Discuss On the Harm of Tobacco renderings	Script, Character, Concept (PDF) Research (PDF)
5	Lecture: Translating Emotion to Visual Visual Conversation exercise Line/Emotion exercise	Edwards, Betty. “Drawing Out Insight.” Chapter 7 in Drawing on the Artist Within. New York, NY: Fireside, 1987. ISBN: 9780671635145. Boxes 5.A, 5.B, 5.C, 5.D, pp. 123-125 in The Magic Garment.
6	Look at research for On the Harm of Tobacco Lecture: Elements of Design	Elements of Design (PDF) Fig. 4.29, 4.30, 4.31 in Costume Design. pp. 72-73, 75, 92-93, 95, 101, 123-125 in The Magic Garment:  Box 4.A, “Aspects of Line.”  Box 4.B, “Visual Effects of Shape in Costume.”  Box 4.F, “Historical Color Symbolism.”  Box 4.G, “Major Color Associations of Western European and American Cultures.”  Box 4.H, “Effects of Texture.”  Boxes 5.A, 5.B, 5.C, 5.D.
7	Rendering exercises Drawing lab	Hamm, Jack. “Building on the Double Triangle.” In Drawing the Head and Figure. New York, NY: Perigee Trade, 1982, p. 45. ISBN: 9780399507915.
8	Discuss line gowns Watch excerpts of Hamlet by Zeffirelli and discuss idea of concept	“Hamlet.” Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Warner Brothers, 1990. Boxes 5.A, 5.B, 5.C, 5.D, pp. 123-125 in The Magic Garment.
9	Discuss food assignment with preso Begin drafting unit: bodice and hip block	Fig. 9.7, 9.8 in Costume Design.
10	Discuss Hamlet collages Continue drafting Begin cutting and sewing muslins
11	Discuss food assignment Finish and fit muslins	Russell, John C. Stupid Kids. New York, NY: Dramatists Play Service, 2000. ISBN: 9780822216988.
12	Thrift store transformation workshop
13	Pattern manipulation and drafting Discuss Stupid Kids Introduce sloper manipulation project
14	Lecture: Stylization and Abstraction Wedding project
15	Color workshop Talk about garbage project
16	Look at Stupid Kids sketches Begin sloper manipulation project	Maginnis, Tara. Kiosk Man.
17	Look at group dynamics Discuss final project Continue sloper manipulation project	Goldman, James. The Lion in Winter. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004. ISBN: 9780812973358.
18	Look at Stupid Kids renderings Sloper project
19	Look at Kiosk Man sketches Discuss dynamics of play and characters in Lion in Winter
20	Open shop: garbage project brainstorming Sloper project Lion in Winter questions	Apparel Search Company. “Unusual Clothing - Tokyo Skirt.” Apparel Search Company. “Unusual Clothing - Baby Mops.” Apparel Search Company. “Unusual Clothing - Handy Support.” The Scream Online. “Hats of Meat.”
21	Texture exercise Pinstripe Olympics
22	Look at Lion in Winter preliminary sketches Papers returned Open shop
23	Present garbage project Look at finals so far if needed Open shop
24	Final project preso, Lion In Winter