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From Page to Stage : How Theatre Designers Make Connections Between Scripts and Images DESIGNING STAGE COSTUMES

These pages were originally designed for an online version of a Costume Design and Construction Class at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  Since I have left UAF and this class is no longer offered, I am leaving these class materials up online for other teachers to use, link to, or print out for their own classes. 

THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVE UAF COURSE-USE ONLY FOR INSPIRATION

 

Costume Design & Construction I

How this Class Works 

Purpose: To learn beginning processes for design, research and construction for period and modern costume on the stage.

Basics: Unlike the face to face version of this class, there are no set meeting times.  You have a specified number of assignments in each category to complete, however you may choose between several options of assignments within each category to better tailor this class to your educational needs.  This allows you far greater freedom than in nearly any other type of class except an independent study, BUT it also requires that successful students be self-motivated and disciplined so they do not fall behind.  Online courses are NOT recommended for people who tend to fall behind in face-to-face classes, since the temptation to do so in these self-paced classes is nearly overwhelming.  If you are not the sort of person who can motivate to do a series of projects without prompting or nagging by your instructor, do not sign up for any online class. Unsure what to do? Ask the experts:  Are distance learning courses for Me?

The format of this course allows you to choose assignments from a series of categories to develop skills in the two main  areas of this class: Costume Design and Costume Construction.  Because many online learners come to my classes with extensive experience in some areas, and gaps in other areas, this smorgasbord is designed so that a student may skip over areas that he/she already knows about, and can concentrate on developing new skills. How this works is that every assignment is "worth" a certain number of "credits" in either Design or Construction or both, depending on the nature of the assignment and it's difficulty.  As a student you are required to finish assignments adding up to 50 "credits" in each of the two categories, with a total of 100 credits overall.  With that as your basic guide you can choose the assignments that will best fill your learning needs, and best patch up those gaps. 

MVC-021F.JPG (44198 bytes) MVC-008F.JPG (47570 bytes) Some final projects from the face to face class

Accessing the Class:  You can access this website and submit your class assignments  from any internet connected computer, either Macintosh or Windows based.  All assignments, and homework can be  submitted from any such computer.  Having a good internet connection is therefore a must for sanity in the online version of this  class.

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The Paperless Classroom:

This is a "paperless" class. You do not mail in assignments to me in envelopes. There is no hard copy text book to buy, although you may choose to print out the online text if you wish.  (Books on an assortment of costume topics that may interest you are here).  All your class work can be submitted on computer, and saved on your web page and/or the class message board.  I recommend that you save copies of your home work to a floppy disk or your home computer hard drive.  

Grading: 

Full details about Grading are on this page.

Photographs:

Students will need to photograph and/or scan assignments in order to "turn them in" in virtual form.  Previous students in my other online class found a digital camera or scanner made their lives much easier.  For a list of some digital cameras and scanners you can buy online go here. 

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 Some final projects from the face to face class

Equipment & Materials:

The student will be responsible for finding/purchasing all necessary materials and equipment for the projects.  These materials will vary based on the projects chosen by the student, and the particular design choices made in their execution.

Web Pages:

Students may wish [but are not required] to create a web page to display their work in this class.  Step by step details of how to do this can be found at  John Seed's How to make a Homepage on his Introduction to Modernism site.  A list of good places to host your web pages may be found here.

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