Costume design

How to design a Costume

Costumes
can go from absolutely stunning to simple and effective

THINGS TO REMEMBER !!!
Time period
Theme/Message
Colour in relation to the sets and lights
Comfort and durability
The whole outfit

TIME PERIOD
If 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 time
Even Jewellery, watches and shoes!!!

Sketching

Designing
A Costume Designer sketches out designs that include:
Character ideas
Hats – which can sometimes be a problem
Footwear
Props – handbags, pipes etc

Historical - Roman

Egyptian

Medieval

Everyman – Goods Deeds

Everyman -

Knowledge Everyman

Costumes and Lighting
You need to bear in mind the effect lights have on a costume
Transparent under lights
Light colours disappear
Changing the colour of the costume

1900’s

Sets and Costumes
A 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

Wizards

Make believe

The Hobbit

Design Ideas
Include
Colour
Swatches of material
Annotation of ideas

Henry VIII

1920’s

Mother Goose

Napoleon

The Snow Goose

Animals
When creating animal costumes you must ensure
You are truthful to the animal
Movement
links with make up

Cats
In 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
Masks
Stilts
Extension of the body
Black outfits and puppets

Notice the leopard!

The giraffes are created by dancers on stilts

The dancers become the animals using 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.

Paper design Actual Costume

The Design
Should include:
A page of research of ideas
Swatches of material with annotation
A rough design
Final design with annotation
Bibliography

Actual Costumes

Dragon

Blood Brothers

The mother

Camelot

Joesph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat

Les Miserable

Starlight Express

Finally The costume design is up to your imagination

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Costume design

by C Rankin on Apr 14, 2010

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