Roles And Roles Of Costume Department

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A character’s costume is much more than the clothes they wear to play a part. These clothes help us venture into the author’s world and help us connect with this new place and believe in its reality. They help us capture so much more than what the character looks like. We are able to see, feel, and experience the characters personality and purpose in the story. In a play or movie, we immediately make our fist connection with a character based on what they are wearing, this is the first step in drawing us in and making us believe in this new world. This first impression gives us the first glimpse at the characters style, background, and social class. All of these things are meant to immediately draw us in.

Cosplaying has a big impact on society because people all over the world go to a conventions so they can cosplay however they want. It started as people cosplaying as sci-fi and space military style uniform and developed into dressing up as characters from movies, comic books, and any form of entertainment out there. What began as a fun hobby developed into a contest of who can wear it or make it better. Some people take cosplaying to the next level. They’ll work months on a costume and then dress up on that specific day to cosplay.

The costumes resembled a traditional idea of Death of a Salesman costumes, but with a twist. Willy wore a white collared shirt but the upper sleeves were ripped off, so when he was wearing his blazer during the flashbacks you could not see the missing sleeves. Linda wore a outfits resembling a maid or a housewife. Both Linda and Willy wore masks when they acted in present time to create a separation from the audience and the appearance of old age. Biff is the only character who wears shoes, does not wear a mask, and is not completely represented by an object.

Also, shawls, moccasins, leggings, chokers, and traditional dancing items, such as paddles, clubs, and spears are used. Costumes are time consuming to make. All of the materials must be gathered, of similar quality, size, and color to make a costume attractive in design, appearance, and consistency.

Its where they go to be comfortable to be men and to freely discuss topics in a comfortable environment. As you step in the theatre, you are immersed in the world of the barber shop. The actors interact with the audience. They dance with them, take photos with them, and even give them “haircuts”. The audience seated in the round allowing us to see the characters in a multi-dimensional way. Though I have a seat with a restricted view, I mostly saw everything. With the theatre being in the round, I felt that it added to the multi-dimensional aspect because you get to see the character in many different angles as opposed to a typical proscenium view. During this ensemble piece, where all expect for three of the actors played multiple characters throughout the play, I had a hard time separating the characters and remembering the pervious encounter they had when we are re-introduced to them. It always took me a couple of seconds to figure if this was a new character or an previously introduced character. The costume design did help distinguish each character even when the actor fall short. Because all the action happens on the same day, all the recurring characters wear the same costume throughout the play and each new character was dressed is a new costume as well. For example, when actor Sule Rimi, who played three different character, came on stage as Elnathan he was wearing a mustard leather jacket. Each design department’s choice

Using certain shapes of materials and color helped the audience understand the scenery of the play, being able to understand what time period this took place. The lighting through the play was great, being able to clearly see in detail for each scene. For example, when the Stage manager introduces the people in Grover's Corner, is was clear and easy to see what type of life style they live. Grisel Torres did an excellent job with the angles, colors, and shadows throughout the play, really emphasizing the emotion and lighting for each scene. Allison Mortimer, the costume designer, did a good job figuring out what each character should wear and allowing the audience to decide which class each character fits in society. The costumes looked like they were somewhat middle class and even looked vintage at times. I wasn't sure if they were recreated or not. Changing costumes for different scenes made it easier to understand the aspect of the scene and allowing the audience to understand what will happen.

“costume is often coordinated with setting. Since the filmmaker usually wants to emphasize the human figures, setting may provide more or less neutral background, while costume helps pick out the characters. Color design is particularly important here.”

The production elements of the show were magnificent. The costumes were great and helped to establish the childlike quality of the show and characters. During the transitions, the characters wore clothing that would best suit a child in play. The

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The costumes, were just normal clothing but yet fit all of the characters extraordinarily well. Jean’s outfit was a little different and comfy, while Gordan was placed in a eye catching, obnoxious suit. Dwight, played by Eddie Castle, was dressed perfectly. Without even hearing him speak, you know his personality, Underappreciated and soft spoken, awkward. Obviously, all of the costumes were great and well suited for they characters but these are the outfits that stuck out to me the

I was not expecting the costumes to be as eccentric. Even though they were matching the characters’ role and personality, I felt like they were too wacky and did not go well with the play.

The production designer, who is also sometimes called the art director, is responsible for maintaining the sets, props and the costumes so that they are in sync with the story and the character’s role (Goodykontz & Jacobs, 2011). Production designers are head of the department on film crews and they are responsible for the art department. Basically, they may be asked to look at scripts to decide how much time the art department needs to spend on films. They also calculate the budgets to figure out how much money will be spent as well. Furthermore, they will provide their design sketches expressing detailing mood, lighting, composition and color to the art directors who oversees the production (Anonymous, 2012).

Many people simply show up to musicals and often take the costumes for granted and concentrate only the performance of the actors. Many people don’t realize the

The four most heard of are head designers, assistant designers, specialty designers, and theatrical costume designers. Head designers are responsible for exclusive and creative functions. They supervise design room staff. Those with less experience may be responsible for small divisions or specialized garments. Assistant designers are generally all-around assistants and designers. They make first patterns and samples or may supervise sample makers. “ They work together with their directors on their sketches, and help put together their catalogs.”(Baron, pg 73)