Costume Making 1

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Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Kateřina ŠTEFKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Comprehending the sense of costuming in a theatre production, starting with theatre costuming treatment - a drama text, analysis of dramatic situations and development of conceptual thought. Reinforcing abilities in graphic communications and basic knowledge of materials for executing costuming designs and products. Development of the ability to create one's own treatment in individual exercises. Basic cultivated presentation.

Mode of study

Individual consultations on assigned exercises, texts, sources of inspiration, prepared sketches and drawings. Consultation and analysis of dramatic situations. Costuming, objects proposals and their execution.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Artistic communication and dramatic thought. A good bearing in the study: fine art, Material culture and literature. Creativity and continuity skills.

Course contents

Studio instruction devoted to the development of talent in creating drama figures and introduction to starting points and conditions for costuming.

The course covers the form, color and material for the costuming treatment with an emphasis on the dramatic starting point of costuming.

Exercise topics:

• the costume as an object (mental states, characteristics, illnesses),
• the costume as a pert of the artistic whole (ancient chorus - Medea, Erinye - Orestes),
• the costume and its changes and development over time (Lear, Idiot...),
• dramatic situations - masks, make-up, color and material.

Recommended or required reading

L. Kybalová - Dějiny odívání (all volumes)

E. Thielle - Geschichte des Kostümes

J. Arnold - Patterns off Fashion 1-2

Moussinac - Dějiny divadla

Blahník - Dějiny divadla

O. Zich - Estetika dramatického umění

K. Kratochvíl - Ze světa komedie del'Arte

V. Ptáčková - Česká scenografie XX. stol.

J. Trojan - Dějiny opery

L. Kybalová, O. Herbenová, M. Lamarová - Obrazová encyklopedie mody

From the collections of the Kyoto Costuming Insitute - History of Costuming of the 18th., 19th.and 20th centuries

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on: attendance, drama thinking skills, drama situation analysis, creativity and continuity, artistry, completion of all assignments, presentation and implementation of a costuming object.

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Stage Design (B.A.) (required main subject)