Costumes 101:

28 classes (14 weeks) 2 hours per class
$6300 Instructor fee

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
This course is designed to introduce students to the foundational concepts in costume production in film and theatre. 

GRADING RUBERIC:
25% - Attendance

35% - Quiz 1: Covering Coursework covered Week 1-3
35% - Quiz 2: Covering Coursework Week 4-7
35% - Quiz 3: Covering Coursework Week 8-12
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CLASS WORK

1. wk.1 Lecture: How Costumes are developed 
2. Lab: Dissecting and Assessing a Costume Design
3. wk 2 Lecture: The different roles in the costume shop
4. Lab: Paperwork - communication between roles theatre
5. wk 3 Lecture: Pulling Costumes (How To)
6. Lab: *Field Trip* to rental house with scavenger hunt
7. wk 4 Lecture: Fittings and Measurements 
8. Lab: ​Practicing measurements and discussing conduct in the fitting room. Best practices - fitting our pulled costumes
9. wk 5 Lecture: Dressing - Dressing for film and theatre
10. Lab: QUIZ 1 (Week 1-3)
11. wk 6 Lecture: Costume contracts - navigating the freelance world and negotiating a rate
12. Lab: Resume Building
13. wk 7 Lecture: Costume Budget - Labor and Materials and how it affects the different roles in costume
14. Lab: Estimating the scale of production possible based on the budget - In class discussion and assessment
15. wk 8 Lecture:  The needs of the performer in Costume - Physical logistics (stunts and dancers)
16. Lab: Look at costumes built for stunts, and review footage/scenarios which would require specialized costuming
17. wk 9 Lecture: Avant garde costumes
18. Lab: QUIZ 1 (Week 4-8)
19. wk 10 Lecture: Fashion and it's influence on costuming
20. Lab: Review editorials/Books/film and draw links between fashion and costumes
21. wk 11 Lecture: Paperwork 1: Costume Plot/Dressing Notes/One Liner - How to read a script
22. Lab: Students will read a script and denote how many costumes are needed - will develop a fake budget
23. wk 12 Lecture: Paperwork 2: Costume Plot/Dressing Notes/One Liner - How to read a script
24. Lab: Students will read a script and denote how many costumes are needed - will develop a fake budget
25. wk 13 Lecture: Researching Lecture 1 (How to research historical costume first hand sources)
26. Lab: QUIZ 1 (Week 8-12)
27. wk 14 Lecture: (How to research historical costume second hand resources and inspiration)
28. Lab: Assessing Historical plays and film and parsing what is accurate, what works despite being inaccurate etc.