Rebecca Pride

The Costume Supervisor's Toolkit (eBook, ePUB)

Supervising Theatre Costume Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Costume Supervisor's Toolkit explores the responsibilities of a Costume Supervisor within a theatrical, opera or dance production company. This guide outlines best working practices such as building a team and creating a costume bible, and provides resources such as sizing guides and case studies from renowned theatrical organizations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317294726
• Artikelnr.: 55340238

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Pride is Course Leader for the award-winning BA (Hons) Costume and Performance Design course at the Arts University Bournemouth. She spent 15 years prior to her career as an academic, working as a costume and set designer in the professional theatre. Her work at the Arts University has included producing numerous costume-led film projects, including Wimbledon Championships 1936-1937, Storytelling from an original point of view, Glass slippers, La Passarella, Reverie, Vampyr and Moulin Rouge.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword by Carol Lingwood
Acknowledgements
List of contributors:
Introduction
The Costume Supervisor as Facilitator
Structure of the Book
Chapter 1 What does a Costume Supervisor do?
The Theatre Team Structure
Defining the Role
Chapter 2 Different Types and Genres of Production
Large Scale Production of a Classic Twentieth Century Play
Challenges Presented to the Costume Supervisor
Modern British Musical Pantomime in a Large Provincial Theatre
Challenges Presented to the Costume Supervisor
Student Faculty Production of a Restoration Comedy in a Site Responsive
Venue
Challenges Presented to the Costume Supervisor
Chapter 3 Developing Good Communication Skills
Getting Hired
First Design Meeting with Director, Designer and Production manager
Listening
Chapter 4 Setting Up Your Team
Leadership
Costume Roles and Responsibilities
Setting up the Finance and Cash Flow for Your Production
Chapter 5 Budgeting
Creating a Costing Sheet
Estimating Fabric Quantities
Accessing Cash for Shopping Expeditions
Receipt Management
Purchase Orders
Chapter 6 First Rehearsal and creating the Costume Bible
First Rehearsal
Taking Accurate Measurements and Etiquette Rules to be Observed When
Measuring Actors
Recording Information in the Costume Bible
Chapter 7 Sourcing: Construct, Hire or Buy?
Costume Hire Stores
Shopping
Chapter 8 Managing the Rehearsal Process
Fittings
Creating a Calm Fitting Space
Chapter 9 Pre- tech rehearsal
Tech Week
Working with the Running Wardrobe Team
Epilogue: Final Thoughts
Appendices
Appendix 1 Fabric Identification Guide
Appendix 2 The Costume Supervisor's Contract
Appendix 3 Gender Specific Measurement Forms
Table Appendix.3.1 [Male Measurement Form]
Table Appendix.3.2 [Female Measurement Form]
Appendix 4 Sizing Guides
Table Appendix.4.1 [Male Suit Size Guide]
Table Appendix.4.2 [Female Size Guide]
Table Appendix.4.3[Shoe size Guide]
Table Appendix.4.4 [Glove size Guide]
Appendix 5 Basic Excel Instructions
Bibliography:
Notes:
Production Credits:
Glossary of Terms:
Useful Addresses:
Index:
List of Illustrations with Figure Captions, Cases, Illustrations, or Tables
Authors Biography