| Module Identifier |
DR22510 |
| Module Title |
COSTUME DESIGN THEORY AND PRACTICE |
| Academic Year |
2001/2002 |
| Co-ordinator |
Mr Simon Banham |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Pre-Requisite |
DR23810 |
| Course delivery |
Seminars / Tutorials | 20 Hours 10 x 2 hour |
| |
Workshop | 1 x 2 day workshop |
| |
Workshop | 6 Hours 6 x 2 hour practical workshops |
| Assessment |
Project work | Working notebook - 20%, Design proposition - 80% | 100% |
Aims
- To introduce students to the principles and practice of costume design in contemporary theatre and performance.
- To focus on practical costume design research and methodologies.
- To initiate a process that questions the necessity and phenomenon of costume.
Learning outcomes
Typically, upon completion of this module, the student will be able:
- To analyse the role and employment of costume within the construction and presentation of public performance.
- To demonstrate an increased sensitivity for the fundamental properties of costume, and the consequences contingent upon their manipulation.
- To employ a vocabulary and practice sufficiently developed to enable the formation and articulation of initial design concepts.
- To employ research material (both documentary evidence and physical resources) that supports and informs a costume design.
Content
A series of inter-related practical assignments explored and analysed across ten distinct workshop seminars developing perceptual awareness and methods of articulation through individual responses to a shared brief.
These workshops lead into and inform the production of a theoretical design/scenographic proposition.
The weekend workshop brings diverse design disciplines together to collaborate in the conception and fabrication of a themed 'event'.
Reading Lists
Books
** Essential Reading
Berger, John. (1986)
Ways of Seeing. BBC/Penguin
Laver, James. (1985)
Costume & Fashion, A concise History. Thames & Hudson
Peacock, John. (1991)
The Chronicle of Western Costume. Thames & Hudson
Barba, Eugenio & Savarese, Nicola. (1991)
The Secret art of the Performer. Routledge
Shaw, Phyllida (ed.). (1996)
Make Space! (Design for Theatre and Alternative Spaces). S.B.T.D.
Ruthven, Peter & Burnett, Kate (eds.). (1999)
Time + Space (Design for Performance). S.B.T.D.
** Recommended Text
Racinet, Albert. (1988)
The Historical Encyclopedia of Costume. Studio Editions