Costume

Which of the following do we need to comment on when describing costume?

• Material

• Colour

• Shape

• All of these answers

A fitting is...

• The first meeting between the actor and his/her costume designer. Enables wardrobe staff to ensure a correct fit, and to enable the actor to see if all necessary movement is possible.

• A member of the costume construction team, who works with the Cutter on assembling/constructing costumes.

• A member of the costume team that supervises the construction of costumes that are made from patterns. She/he is also responsible for creating the patterns from the Costume Designers' sketches/designs.

What job is being show in the picture?

• Cutter

• Stitcher

• Fitting

• Seamstress

'Member of the costume team that supervises the construction of costumes that are made from patterns. She/he is also responsible for creating the patterns from the Costume Designers' sketches/designs' is the description of which job role?

• Cutter

• Fitting

• Steamstress

• Sloper

A seamstress is responsible for operating ___________ machines and carries out other ___________ tasks. (both blanks are the same word)

True or False: A sloper is a clothing pattern based on exact measurements of a particular person. The sloper can be used with any existing pattern to ensure a perfect fit.

• True

• False

Wardrobe plot is...

• Actor-by-actor, scene-by-scene inventory of all the costumes in a production, with a detailed breakdown into every separate item in each costume.

• A clothing pattern based on exact measurements of a particular person. The sloper can be used with any existing pattern to ensure a perfect fit.

• First meeting between the actor and his/her costume designer. Enables wardrobe staff to ensure a correct fit, and to enable the actor to see if all necessary movement is possible.

What job is being show in the picture?

• Seamstress

• Fitting

• Wardrobe plot

• Sloper

Read the following costume description. What have they commented on?

'As a designer, I would enhance the scene by placing Callum in a plain white t-shirt, with speckles of dust and dirt on, a pair of ripped blue jeans and white trainers which look over worn. '

• Material

• Colour

• Size

• Shape

• Texture

In drama, what does costume to refer to?

• Every item the performer wears

• Everything the actor carries on stage

• The process of making the actors clothes

• What you wear on Halloween