Scenery

Costumes

Find 5 or 6 adjectives that describe the main characters in your scene.

Find 5 or 6 adjectives that describe the main characters in your scene.

Find pictures or artwork that begins to capture the feel of the visual world of the play

Use the spine, style, and concept to help identify elements that relate to your group’s vision of the play.

Find pictures or artwork that begins to capture the feel of what the characters might wear.  Think about fabrics here – which colors feel right?  Which fabrics have weights and textures that feel right?  Use the spine, style, and concept to help identify elements that relate to your group’s vision of the play.

Define the design demands

Define the design demands

Research the architectural styles of the period.*

Research clothing styles from the period.*

What items in your research relate to the adjectives you found for the characters?

What items in your research relate to the adjectives you found for the characters?

Begin sketching out ideas

Begin sketching out ideas

Check the sketches, coordinating with the director regarding spine, style, and concept.  Does your design feel like it helps tell the story?  What sort of movement patterns does your design begin to create?  Do they feel right?

Check the sketches, coordinating with the director regarding spine, style, and concept.  Do your designs feel like they help tell the story?  Do the costumes begin to identify the characters as individuals?  Do the costumes help communicate social status?

Make changes as needed, as many drafts as needed.

Make changes as needed, as many drafts as needed.

Draw a color rendering of what the set will look like (or build a model if that would be of interest to you)

Draw color renderings of the two costumes (or find some other way of communicating what your designs will look like).  Note which fabrics would be used.