Teaching Responsibility
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Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
7604COS-JAN-PAR
Aims
The aim of this module is to enable professional development and career planning by exploring various areas of the costume industry before applying advanced pattern cutting, design interpretation and costume construction techniques in a production created under professional industry conditions.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Evaluate and compare a variety of roles in the costume industry to establish opportunities for employment and professional development.
2.
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of specialist and supplementary costume skills.
3.
Apply advanced pattern cutting and design interpretation skills to realise costumes for a production.
4.
Apply appropriate costume construction techniques and related costume skills to fulfill aesthetic and practical requirements of the production.
5.
Engage as a proactive and creative collaborator, working professionally with others in a realistic working environment and negotiating the challenges of working in complex and unpredictable situations.
6.
Critically evaluate own professional practice and development.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
The module will consider the professional practice of the student as they prepare to embark on a career in costume making. The module will initially provide students with the opportunity to investigate and practice the various specialist and supplementary costume skills necessary to embark on a career in costume production. A range of these skills will then be applied to a professional industry scenario as students participate in and reflect on a full rehearsal and production process, constructing costumes for a performance in collaboration with directors, designers and the production team. Students will also consider additional professional development areas such as CV and portfolio building, networking, promotion, tax and self-employment as they identify opportunities for employment within the costume industry.
The module will consider the professional practice of the student as they prepare to embark on a career in costume making. The module will initially provide students with the opportunity to investigate and practice the various specialist and supplementary costume skills necessary to embark on a career in costume production. A range of these skills will then be applied to a professional industry scenario as students participate in and reflect on a full rehearsal and production process, constructing costumes for a performance in collaboration with directors, designers and the production team. Students will also consider additional professional development areas such as CV and portfolio building, networking, promotion, tax and self-employment as they identify opportunities for employment within the costume industry.
Module Overview:
The focus of this module will be on the development of professional practice and career planning. By participating in a series of industry led talks and workshops by practitioners from various genres of costume production, students will investigate a range of areas and roles within the costume industry.
Students will then apply the skills they have learned to producing costumes for a LIPA productionin conjunctionwithdesign and acting students from other programmes.During this part of the module, students willcollaborateclosely with costume designers, performers and the production teamand engage with a full rehearsal & production process. They willaccuratelyinterpret givencostume designs whilefulfillingtheaesthetic and practical considerationsrequired tobothtranslate thedesignersideas successfullyandcreate a costume that is fit for purposeand compliments thedramaturgical requirementsof the chosen text. All practical work will be produced to industry standard and will demonstrate a high level of construction, fit and finish.
This work will be supported by a reflective evaluation, including acriticalanalysis of the role of the costume maker, situating the students own practice within the broader scenographic context of the production. Students will also consider thecontributionthey make as makers to the design development and final performance, with evidence of collaborative engagement in the production process.
Students will also use the experience of exploring the costume industry and working on the production to reflect on their own practice in terms of interests, strengthsand skillset to establish potential routes for future employment, identifying any further professional development needs and beginning to explore progression routes into the costume industry.
The focus of this module will be on the development of professional practice and career planning. By participating in a series of industry led talks and workshops by practitioners from various genres of costume production, students will investigate a range of areas and roles within the costume industry.
Students will then apply the skills they have learned to producing costumes for a LIPA productionin conjunctionwithdesign and acting students from other programmes.During this part of the module, students willcollaborateclosely with costume designers, performers and the production teamand engage with a full rehearsal & production process. They willaccuratelyinterpret givencostume designs whilefulfillingtheaesthetic and practical considerationsrequired tobothtranslate thedesignersideas successfullyandcreate a costume that is fit for purposeand compliments thedramaturgical requirementsof the chosen text. All practical work will be produced to industry standard and will demonstrate a high level of construction, fit and finish.
This work will be supported by a reflective evaluation, including acriticalanalysis of the role of the costume maker, situating the students own practice within the broader scenographic context of the production. Students will also consider thecontributionthey make as makers to the design development and final performance, with evidence of collaborative engagement in the production process.
Students will also use the experience of exploring the costume industry and working on the production to reflect on their own practice in terms of interests, strengthsand skillset to establish potential routes for future employment, identifying any further professional development needs and beginning to explore progression routes into the costume industry.
Additional Information:
This module also includes the opportunity for an optional work placement which will be negotiated on an individual basis.
This module also includes the opportunity for an optional work placement which will be negotiated on an individual basis.