Costume design provides insights into characters without them speaking by indicating their gender, status, occupation, and personality. A character's costumes convey their essence through attire, accessories, makeup, wigs, and masks. Reviewing notes on costume design objectives and watching a clip about how costumes create characters helps understand how much costumes reveal about people. The journal assignment asks students to discuss what a costume tells viewers about one character by selecting an image or link and writing a 350-400 word entry.

1. More than sets and lights, costume design not only helps to tell
the story, but also gives us insight into the individual characters
(without them ever having to speak). A character's costume
may indicate gender, position and status, occupation, occasion,
and personality (modesty, flamboyance, independence, etc.) -
the "essence" of that character.
For this Journal Assignment...
find
an image or link of a play, film or television show
select
a character
and
discuss
what the costume design tells the viewer about that character
Remember, costumes involve more than actual attire (or lack
there of). Costumes also involve hats, masks, makeup, wigs, and
accessories. Review the
Powerpoint
notes on Costume Design to understand the objectives and
goals for costume designers. To get a better sense of how
costumes "create" a character, watch the clip below.
As with previous journals, create your response, in the
Assignment submission below (not in Comments field), as a
journal or diary entry. The journal s
hould
be one page long, approximately 350-400 words minimum. Be
careful of spelling, grammar, and punctuation...and be sure to
include the image or link you're speaking about. Proofread and
edit your work as necessary. This assignment will be graded
according to the Journal Assignment Rubric.
Link -
Guardians of the Galaxy
Design