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Costume Design Process steps

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  1. Analysis
  2. Research
  3. Implementation/Design
  4. Dress
  5. Performances
  6. Strike
  7. Evaluation
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Costume Analysis

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Read the play
Production Concept
Budget

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Costume Research

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Incubation- Think about it

Selection- Make choices

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Costume Implementation/Design

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Measurements
Build/shop/rent/pull
Fittings

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Costume- Dress

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Costume Parade

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Costume - Performacnes

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Wardrobe Maintains it

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What do Clothes tell us

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Class
Time period
age
gender
occupation
Climate/season
Emotions/Stereotypes
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Costume- Analyzing the Script

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• Stereotyping Costuming
	• Character Evolution
	• Costume Stylization
		○ Is it abstract or realistic?
	• Interpretation of Period
Interpretation of Colors and Fabrics
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Costume- Practical Considerations

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• Moving a lot 
	• Can the actor fit through a door, how big are the costumes
	• Quick Change
		○ Underdress
	• Blocking
		○ Pockets
	• Needs of the Actor
	• Production Venue
		○ Room area
		○ How far away is audience, detail
	• Budget
	• Construction Demands of the Design
		○ Do you have a shop? What's your labor like?
	• Renting Costumes
		○ Pulling costumes, purchasing, or renting it?
	• Buying Costumes
Modifying Stock Costumes
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Costume Paperwork

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• Costume Bible
		○ Cast List & Contact Sheets
		○ Measurement Sheets
		○ Calendars and Deadlines
		○ Costume Plots & Lists
		○ Budget Sheets
			§ Reciepts
			§ Running Totals
		○ Rental Contracts
		○ Pull Lists
		○ Copies of Renderings 
		○ Swatches and Dye Instructions
		○ Rehearsal Reports from Stage Management
Notes from directosr and practical notes
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Costume Charts & Lists

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• Scene by Scene (Breakdown)
• French Scene
• Pieces & Lists
• Dressing List
○ Put into dressing rooms to show what they wear for different scenes
• Wardrobe Run Crew List
When costume changes are and what they’re doing/how long to do changes

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Costume Renderings

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Not in scale, drawings of costume

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Members of the Costume Department

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• Costume Designer
	• Coostume Shop Manager
Cutter/Draper
Stitcher
	• Dyers/Painters
	• Milliiners
		○ Hats
	• Wig Master
	• Makeup Artists
	• Masks
	• Crafters
Wardrobe supervisor
Dressers
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Cutter/Draper

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○ Look at rendering, take a model, pad it to fit actor measurements, take pieces of muslin to recreate what people see on the image, how to create looks you’re looking for
Draper: Pattern on how to cut it out of real fabric

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Stitcher

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Sews together look

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Milliiners

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Hats

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Costume Shop

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• Cutting and Draping Area
	• Machiene stitching area
	• Hand stitching 
	• Pressing area
		○ Ironing
	• Laundry
	• Dying
	• Crafts
	• Wigs
	• Shoes
	• Supplies
	• Stock
Fitting room
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Fabric Natural vs Synthetic

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• Natural- Cool to the touch, absorbent Linen
○ Come from nature, plant or animal based
○ Linen, cotton (Plant),
§ Get wrinkly
○ silk, fur, wool (Animals & Insects)
○ Naturally flame resistant
§ If you’re gonna riot , wear natural fibers
○ Can be dyed
• Synthetic- Chemicals or Natural materials that have been modified
○ Flames up or melts
○ Rayon-Wood but processed
○ Nylon, Polyester, Spandex
Can not be dyed

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Warp

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Vertical Fibers

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Weft-

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In between, horizontal

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Bias-

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Dignor part of the woven fabric, most flexible

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Scroop

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Sound fabric makes when you stretch it

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Qualities of light

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Form &; Distribution
Intensity
Direction & Movement
Color

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Functions of Stage Light

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Visibility
Selective Focus
Modeling
Mood

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Lighting Paperwork

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Light Plot
Section View Drawing 
Channel Hook Up
 Instrument Schedule 
Magic Sheet
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26
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PRIMARY & SECODARY Lighting colors

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RGB

CYM

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27
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3 parts of electrical circuit

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Source, load, circuit

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SOurce

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Origin of electrical potential (batteries/outlets), DC battery or AC

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Load

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A device that converts electrical energy into another form of energy(Lamps, lights, computer) what you’re lighitng up
Wha’t s using the energy

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30
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West Virginia formula

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W=VA

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31
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2 different circuits

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Series & Parallel

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Electrical Current –

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The flow or movement of electrons through a conductor, amps

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Electrical Potential

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Difference in charge between two bodies.

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Volts –

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The unit of measurement of the electrical potential.

35
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Watts –

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– Measure of the rate work is done. one watt is the rate at which work if

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Conductors

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Allow electricity to flow. – Example - Metals like copper.

37
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Insulators –

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Don not allow electricity to pass through it. Example – Rubber

38
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Wire Gauge

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Tells you how many Amps a cord can safely carry. Overloading causes the cables to heat up melt/ spark
and can lead to a fire.

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Properties of Natural Fabrics

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○ Cotton, Linen, Wool, Silk
		○ Cool to the touch, absorbent Linen
		○ You can dye natural fibers
		○ Flame resistant
Can get wrinkly
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Properties of synthetic Fabrics

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○ Spandex, Rayon, Nylon, Polyester
○ Chemicals or natural materials that have been modified
○ Can’t dye
Easily flammable

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Costumes- French scene chart

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• When do actors enter/exit

Quick changes

42
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Who makes Costume Bible

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Costume Shop Manager

43
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What’s in a costume bible

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○ Cast list, contact sheets
○ Measurement sheets
○ Calendars, etc.

44
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Practical Considerations of Costumes

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• Needs of actor
		○ movements
	• Production venue
		○ Could rain, heat, outside
		○ Smaller spaces you can see more detail in the costumes
	• Budget
	• Construciton demands of the design
Renting costumes
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Who works on lighting

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• Lighting Designer
	• Master Electricians
	• Assistant LD
	• Electricians
	• Deck elec
	• Light board op
	• Spot ops
Programmer
46
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Red + Blue =

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Magenta light

47
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Red + Green=

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Yellow light

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Green + Blue =

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Cyan Light

49
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Additive mixing

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2 sources added together

50
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Subtractive mixing

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○ Remove color from color spectrum
○ Gels
Blue+Red=no light

51
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Angles of light

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Normal but also add High angled lights

52
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Circuit

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What connects the load and sources

53
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Switches

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Control the flow

54
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Dimmers

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Make it easier or harder to flow

55
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Sound Design Team

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Sound Designer
Sound Engineers
Sound Board Op
Mixer
Mic Wrangler
56
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Types of sounds in a show

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Sound Effects
Music
Reinforcement

57
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How to find sounds

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Research
Create it Live
Pre-Recorded or Canned

58
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What is sound

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Vibrations Changed into Electronic Impulses

59
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Frequency _____ together = higher pitch

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Closer, Apart = Lower

60
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In Phase

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Same wave lengths, Amplifies the sound

61
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Out of Phase 180 deg

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Waves Cancel each other out

62
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Different Waves

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New wave created

63
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How to create a Sound System (Signal Chain)

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Source (CD, Person, Mp3)
Routing (Mixer)
Amplification (Pumps up the sound)
Output (Speakers)

64
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Low impedance

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Balanced line (XLR Plug, 3 pins, better for mics)

65
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High Impedance

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Unbalanced line (1/4” plug, cheaper, cd players)

66
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Don’t drop a mic because it

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Damages the Diaphragm

67
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How to link cues in QLab

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Double arrow- Play at same time

Anchor- Plays after

68
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How to add a fade

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□ Drop fade into system
□ Tell it what it’s fading
□ Move volume if fading up or down
Original piece needs to be up or dow

69
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Why loop a cue

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□ Plays over

Phone ring

70
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What’s a prop

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anything an actor carries onstage
anything that the actors use
anything that decorates the stage

71
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Main Categories of Props

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HAND PROPS
FURNITURE or SET PROPS
STAGE DRESSING or DECORATIVE PROPS

72
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Subcategories of Props

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Paper 
Food
Consumables 
Flammable
Weapons
Costumes
Electrics
Soft Goods 
Personal
Puppets
73
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Who is Responsible for Props?

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Scenic Designer
Props Master/ Props Director

NOT Props Designer

74
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Who Works in a Prop Shop?

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• Props master/ Props director
	• Prop Shop
		○ Prop Artisans
			§ Sculptors
			§ Carpenters
			§ Painters
			§Seamstress/Upholsters
			§ Crafters
		○ Shoppers
		○ Stock Manager
	• Prop Run Crew
		○ Props Crew Chief
Props Crew- Runners
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Mixers

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• The bigger the board, more channels it has
• Speakers on separate channel, Mics on separate channels
Mixers out in house

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Budgeting- Part 1: The Item

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• Stock
	• Acquire
		○ Purchase-Shopping
		○ RENT
		○ Borrow
	• Build
What are the pros and cons of each
77
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Budgeting – Part 2

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People

Nothing takes less than 30 minutes

78
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Budgeting Triangle

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• Quality
• Money
• Time
Budgeting philosophy, you get 2

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