Discovering Different Styles of Costume Design

Discovering Different Styles of Costume Design

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify different styles of costume design and how they contribute to character development.

Introduce the learning objective of the lesson.

What do you already know about costume design?

Costume Design Basics

Costume design is the art of creating clothing for a character in a play or film. The costume designer works closely with the director and production team to create clothing that is appropriate for the character and the story.

Introduce the basics of costume design.

Historical Costume Design

Historical costume design involves researching the time period and creating clothing that is historically accurate. This style can help to establish the setting and time period of the story.

Introduce historical costume design and its importance in storytelling.

Fantasy Costume Design

Fantasy costume design involves creating clothing for characters in a fictional world. This style can be used to create a unique and imaginative world for the story.

Introduce fantasy costume design and its importance in creating a fictional world.

Sci-Fi Costume Design

Sci-Fi costume design involves creating clothing for characters in a futuristic or science-fiction world. This style can be used to create a sense of technology and innovation.

Introduce sci-fi costume design and its importance in creating a futuristic world.

Contemporary Costume Design

Contemporary costume design involves creating clothing for characters in modern times. This style can be used to reflect current fashion trends or to establish the time period of the story.

Introduce contemporary costume design and its importance in reflecting current fashion trends.

Character Development

Costume design can play an important role in character development. The clothing a character wears can give insight into their personality, profession, and socioeconomic status.

Explain how costume design can contribute to character development.

Color in Costume Design

Color can be used in costume design to convey emotions or to establish a character's personality. For example, bright colors can be used to show a character's outgoing personality.

Explain how color can be used in costume design to convey emotions or personality.

Texture in Costume Design

Texture can be used in costume design to add depth and interest to clothing. For example, a character wearing a tweed suit may convey a sense of sophistication and intelligence.

Explain how texture can be used in costume design to add interest to clothing.

Accessories in Costume Design

Accessories can be used in costume design to add detail and personality to clothing. For example, a character wearing a hat may convey a sense of sophistication or mystery.

Explain how accessories can be used in costume design to add detail and personality to clothing.

Interactive Activity: Costume Design

Divide students into groups and assign each group a character from a story. Have each group create a costume design for their character using the different styles of costume design discussed in the lesson.

Provide instructions for the interactive activity.

Interactive Activity: Character Analysis

Have students analyze a character from a story and create a costume design that reflects the character's personality and traits.

Provide instructions for the interactive activity.

Summary

Costume design is an important aspect of storytelling. It can be used to establish setting and time period, convey emotions and personality, and contribute to character development.

Summarize the main points of the lesson.

Quiz

Assess student understanding with a quiz on the different styles of costume design and their importance in storytelling.

Provide a quiz for student assessment.

Further Reading

Provide students with resources for further reading on costume design.

Provide resources for further reading on costume design.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.