Theatre Tech Final Flashcards
Costume Design Process steps
- Analysis
- Research
- Implementation/Design
- Dress
- Performances
- Strike
- Evaluation
Costume Analysis
Read the play
Production Concept
Budget
Costume Research
Incubation- Think about it
Selection- Make choices
Costume Implementation/Design
Measurements
Build/shop/rent/pull
Fittings
Costume- Dress
Costume Parade
Costume - Performacnes
Wardrobe Maintains it
What do Clothes tell us
Class Time period age gender occupation Climate/season Emotions/Stereotypes
Costume- Analyzing the Script
• Stereotyping Costuming • Character Evolution • Costume Stylization ○ Is it abstract or realistic? • Interpretation of Period Interpretation of Colors and Fabrics
Costume- Practical Considerations
• 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
Costume Paperwork
• 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
Costume Charts & Lists
• 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
Costume Renderings
Not in scale, drawings of costume
Members of the Costume Department
• Costume Designer • Coostume Shop Manager Cutter/Draper Stitcher • Dyers/Painters • Milliiners ○ Hats • Wig Master • Makeup Artists • Masks • Crafters Wardrobe supervisor Dressers
Cutter/Draper
○ 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
Stitcher
Sews together look
Milliiners
Hats
Costume Shop
• Cutting and Draping Area • Machiene stitching area • Hand stitching • Pressing area ○ Ironing • Laundry • Dying • Crafts • Wigs • Shoes • Supplies • Stock Fitting room
Fabric Natural vs Synthetic
• 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
Warp
Vertical Fibers
Weft-
In between, horizontal
Bias-
Dignor part of the woven fabric, most flexible
Scroop
Sound fabric makes when you stretch it
Qualities of light
Form &; Distribution
Intensity
Direction & Movement
Color
Functions of Stage Light
Visibility
Selective Focus
Modeling
Mood
Lighting Paperwork
Light Plot Section View Drawing Channel Hook Up Instrument Schedule Magic Sheet
PRIMARY & SECODARY Lighting colors
RGB
CYM
3 parts of electrical circuit
Source, load, circuit
SOurce
Origin of electrical potential (batteries/outlets), DC battery or AC
Load
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
West Virginia formula
W=VA
2 different circuits
Series & Parallel
Electrical Current –
The flow or movement of electrons through a conductor, amps
Electrical Potential
Difference in charge between two bodies.
Volts –
The unit of measurement of the electrical potential.
Watts –
– Measure of the rate work is done. one watt is the rate at which work if
Conductors
Allow electricity to flow. – Example - Metals like copper.
Insulators –
Don not allow electricity to pass through it. Example – Rubber
Wire Gauge
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.
Properties of Natural Fabrics
○ Cotton, Linen, Wool, Silk ○ Cool to the touch, absorbent Linen ○ You can dye natural fibers ○ Flame resistant Can get wrinkly
Properties of synthetic Fabrics
○ Spandex, Rayon, Nylon, Polyester
○ Chemicals or natural materials that have been modified
○ Can’t dye
Easily flammable
Costumes- French scene chart
• When do actors enter/exit
Quick changes
Who makes Costume Bible
Costume Shop Manager
What’s in a costume bible
○ Cast list, contact sheets
○ Measurement sheets
○ Calendars, etc.
Practical Considerations of Costumes
• 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
Who works on lighting
• Lighting Designer • Master Electricians • Assistant LD • Electricians • Deck elec • Light board op • Spot ops Programmer
Red + Blue =
Magenta light
Red + Green=
Yellow light
Green + Blue =
Cyan Light
Additive mixing
2 sources added together
Subtractive mixing
○ Remove color from color spectrum
○ Gels
Blue+Red=no light
Angles of light
Normal but also add High angled lights
Circuit
What connects the load and sources
Switches
Control the flow
Dimmers
Make it easier or harder to flow
Sound Design Team
Sound Designer Sound Engineers Sound Board Op Mixer Mic Wrangler
Types of sounds in a show
Sound Effects
Music
Reinforcement
How to find sounds
Research
Create it Live
Pre-Recorded or Canned
What is sound
Vibrations Changed into Electronic Impulses
Frequency _____ together = higher pitch
Closer, Apart = Lower
In Phase
Same wave lengths, Amplifies the sound
Out of Phase 180 deg
Waves Cancel each other out
Different Waves
New wave created
How to create a Sound System (Signal Chain)
Source (CD, Person, Mp3)
Routing (Mixer)
Amplification (Pumps up the sound)
Output (Speakers)
Low impedance
Balanced line (XLR Plug, 3 pins, better for mics)
High Impedance
Unbalanced line (1/4” plug, cheaper, cd players)
Don’t drop a mic because it
Damages the Diaphragm
How to link cues in QLab
Double arrow- Play at same time
Anchor- Plays after
How to add a fade
□ 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
Why loop a cue
□ Plays over
Phone ring
What’s a prop
anything an actor carries onstage
anything that the actors use
anything that decorates the stage
Main Categories of Props
HAND PROPS
FURNITURE or SET PROPS
STAGE DRESSING or DECORATIVE PROPS
Subcategories of Props
Paper Food Consumables Flammable Weapons Costumes Electrics Soft Goods Personal Puppets
Who is Responsible for Props?
Scenic Designer
Props Master/ Props Director
NOT Props Designer
Who Works in a Prop Shop?
• 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
Mixers
• The bigger the board, more channels it has
• Speakers on separate channel, Mics on separate channels
Mixers out in house
Budgeting- Part 1: The Item
• Stock • Acquire ○ Purchase-Shopping ○ RENT ○ Borrow • Build What are the pros and cons of each
Budgeting – Part 2
People
Nothing takes less than 30 minutes
Budgeting Triangle
• Quality
• Money
• Time
Budgeting philosophy, you get 2
