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FAS110 Living the Theatre

Module 5 Assignment

Design on a Dime

For this assignment, you are the designer!

A costume is an extension of the character and often our first look at who they are. Costumers mustaddress the needs of the performer as well as the needs of the production. Sometimes, costumers haveunlimited resources at their disposal, and other times they have very little to work with. You have $5 andyour imagination.

You must create a costume for one of the characters we have encountered in the plays we have readduring this course. You may spend no more than $5 and you must account for every penny of those fivedollars. You must also account for every item you wear, listing where you found it (borrowed, your owncloset, purchased, etc.) and how much you spent.

You must address:

– Clothing

– Shoes

– Hair

– Accessories (if any)

You must have a reason for choosing each piece. Remember, you must account for everything you wear

(where it came from and how much it cost, if anything). You could very well accomplish this without

spending a dime.

You will write and submit a paper addressing the following:

1. State the character/play you are designing a costume for and why you chose this particularcharacter.

2. Discuss how you obtained each piece of clothing and each accessory, detailing how much youspent on each piece, if anything.

3. Explain why you chose each piece of clothing and accessory. How do these pieces communicatecharacter? What do they say about this person?

You must include a photo of yourself or someone you know wearing your creation. Your instructor needsto see your design in order to evaluate it. You may embed it in the text of your paper or attach it as aseparate file when you submit the paper to the Assignment box.

Your instructor will be looking for how well your costumes communicate character and how innovative youare with your budget. Be careful about brand names and logos. Nike may not be appropriate for SethHolly as the play takes place before Nike existed. Find creative solutions for masking such things. Tryyour best to come up with a costume that is production ready. The more production ready your costumeis, the higher your grade will be.

Submit this assignment to the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (ThisAssignment box may be linked to Turnitin.)