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CLASS FORMAT: Lecture classes exploring the design elements and principles, and how they relate to the costume designer, including analysis of costume design work; production process, including: script analysis, researching and library techniques, budgets, organizational skills, communication skills, working with the shop staff, fittings, dress rehearsals, resumes and portfolios. Project oriented classes including: design project presentations and rendering technique labs.
ART MATERIALS:
SCRIPTS: French
Fries
The Nerd Larry Shue
Mother Courage and Her Children Bertolt Brecht
The Tempest William Shakespeare
The Cherry Orchard Anton Checkov
GRADING: Costume Design renderings and swatches for:
French Fries and Emotions
(10 %)
The Nerd Larry Shue
(10 %)
Mother Courage and Her Children Bertolt Brecht (10 %)
The Tempest William Shakespeare
(20 %)
The Cherry Orchard Anton Checkov
(20 %)
Sketch book--Figures, faces, clothing studies, etc. (10%)
Test on lectures and text
(10 %)
Class participation and viewing FSU productions plus attend: One
fitting,
dress parade, one dress rehearsal for a MainStage Show. (10 %)
Work turned in late will drop grade
by one-third unless you have a valid excuse.
ABSENCES: Only TWO unexcused
absences will be allowed. For each additional absence, the final
grade will be lowered by one-third--for
example: an A becomes and A-, A- becomes a B+
Students are expected to arrive
promptly. Excessive tardiness will be considered as an
absence.
FSU HONOR CODE:
Students are expected to uphold the Academic Honor code published in The
Florida State University Bulletin and Student Handbook. Each
student has the responsibility:
1. to uphold
the highest standards of academic integrity in the student's own work,
2. to refuse
to tolerate violations of academic integrity in the University community,
3. to foster
a high sense of integrity and social responsibility on the part of the
University community.
Violations of this code in
any assignment, test, paper, or attendance sign-in will receive a
minimum penalty of a grade
of zero for the assignment in question and/or may receive an "F"
for the course at the option
of the instructor.
ADA: Anyone with a disability
needs to report to the Student Disability Resource Center for
proper documentation.
PRODUCTIONS: All
students will be required to attend all FSU School of Theatre
productions: The
Importance of Being Earnest and Hamlet.
Costumes from these shows
will be discussed in class and questions about them will appear on the
semester test. Non-theatre
majors must bring in theatre ticket stub for proof of attendance.
CALENDAR:
Jan. 7
Introduction to class; Slides of student costume renderings from
previous years.
12 Lecture/discussion: Design elements and
principles and there relation to
costume design.
14 Lecture/discussion: Script Analysis for
Designers and Costume Design Research
19 DESIGN PROJECT # 1--French Fries--design
presentation.
21 Lecture/discussion: Directors, concepts,
other designers, theatre spaces, scale,
color palettes.
26 DESIGN PROJECT # 2--Emotions--design
presentation.
28 Lecture/discussion: The production period,
costume shop personnel, and tour of
the costumes shop, stock and
dressing rooms. Discussion of The Nerd.
Feb. 2
Rendering Lab--The Figure
4 Lecture/discussion: The budget, rehearsals
and stage management, buying, pulling
and renting. . .
The Nerd research presentation.
9 DESIGN PROJECT # 3--The Nerd--design presentation.
11 Lecture/discussion: Measuring and Fitting of
Costumes.
Discussion of Mother Courage and Her Children.
16 Rendering Lab--The Face, Hands, Feet
18 Lecture/discussion: The costume production
bible and assistant costume designer;
first dress, wardrobe and strike. Mother Courage research
presentation.
23 Lecture/discussion: Student portfolios, resumes,
job sources, contracts.
Mother Courage fabric texture board and color palette.
25 Rendering Lab--Watercolor Techniques
Mar. 2
DESIGN PROJECT # 4--Mother Courage and Her Children
design presentation.
4 Rendering Lab--Drapery
SPRING BREAK
16 Rendering Lab--Fabrics Rendering Lab--Clothing and
Accessories.
18 Tempest--discussion and research. Review for
test.
23 Test on lectures and text.
25 Rendering Lab--Work on Tempest sketches and scene
chart.
30 Tempest--Preliminary sketches and colored character
scene chart.
Apr. 1
Rendering Lab----Fabrics and textures for Tempest Project
6 DESIGN PROJECT # 5--Tempest--design presentation
8 Discussion of The Cherry Orchard. Edwardian/Russian
research presentation.
13 Cherry Orchard--Preliminary sketches and color palette.
15 Rendering Lab--Fabric and textures for Cherry Orchard Project
20 Portfolio and slides of costume designs--professional
examples of designer's work.
22 DESIGN PROJECT # 6--The Cherry Orchard--design
presentation during the
FSU Design/Technology Exhibit.
April 27
Sketchbook due for final evaluation.
COSTUME DESIGN PROJECTS:
Project # 1--French Fries
1. Read the monologue.
Analysis the character. Research the types of clothes you think she
would wear.
2. Render her (in a standing
position) using a color media of choice.
3. Size--9"x 12" to 11"x 14"
Due--January 19th
Project # 2--Emotions/Adjectives:
1. Choose Two: Rage,
Lechery, Compassion, Apathy, Amazement, Whimsicality, Rapture, Trepidation
2. Use a theatrical scale
for a large proscenium house.
3. Research the "emotion/adjective",
either nature, art work such as paintings, etc. that best helps support
your ideas.
4. Use the design elements
and principles in ways that support your view point.
5. Render the "Emotions" costume
for a man and woman for a theatrical production that incorporates your
research and view point.
6. Size--9"x 12" to 11"x 14"
Due--January 26th. Bring the
research along with the renderings.
Project # 3--The Nerd
1. Read and analysis the play
and characters.
2. Research of the clothing
should be present day. Research “Monsters and/or Monster costumes”.
3. Use a small scale for a
Lab Theatre space.
4. Present the costume ideas
for the following characters using a magazins collage technique for the
garments:
Willum, Rick, Axel, and Tanzy
5. Present your ideas for Rick’s
“Monster” look by rendering him.
6. There should be five (5)
plates total. Size--9"x 12" to 11"x 14"
Due--February 9th. Bring the
research along with the renderings.
Project # 4--Mother Courage and Her Children
1. Analyze and research the
period look for the costumes you will designed for Mother Courage.
2. Make a fabric texture board
and color palette that expresses the concept your would like for the show.
Due February 23rd.
3. Render in color the following
characters:
Mother Courage, Eilif, Swiss Cheese, Kattrin
Plus choose one of the following characters and render: the Cook , the Chaplain, or Yvette
4. Swatch renderings.
5. The rendering format should
not be smaller than 9" x 12 ".
Due--March 2nd. Bring the research
along with the renderings (five costumes total).
Project # 5--The Tempest
1. The period to be researched is The Italian Renaissance through Elizabethan plus inspiration for “fantasy” characters.
2. The characters to be designed
are:
Prospero in his “magical”
robes, Ariel, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Miranda, Ferdinan, Antonio
3. Have a point of view to
the show--that is a concept. This concept should be a written statement
of no more than 100 words.
4. Character scene chart for
ALL characters and scenes.
5. Rendering need to be swatched.
6. Renderings should be no
smaller than 9” x 12”.
Due--April 6th. Final renderings
(with two swatched), and concept statement.
Project # 6--The Cherry Orchard
1. Period to be research--Edwardian
and 19th century Russian ethnic
2. The characters to be design
are:
Ranyevskaya, Anya, Varya, Gayev, Lopakhin, Trofimov, Charlotta, Firs and Dunyasha
4. Rendering need to be swatched.
5. Renderings should be no
smaller than 9” x 12”.
Due--April 22nd for the Design/Tech Exhibit.