Costume Design and Make-Up

Course details

This intense course gives the student the ability to design and realise costumes/hair and make-up for film and theatre. The student is continually assessed through studio based project work. They are given individual feedback on all completed projects. The course is delivered by film and theatre practitioners.

Students will study drawing, illustration and presentation to enable them to develop design ideas and to communicate those ideas. They gain research skills by analysing social and dress history from medieval times to the present.

They are instructed in construction techniques used for costume realisation, including foundation garments, surface and textile decoration, fabric sourcing.

Course Content

• Costume Design and Illustration
• Costume Construction for Period Costumes, Corset and Millinery
• Costume History and Theory
• Theatre and Art History
• Pattern Drafting for Period Costumes
• Make-Up Design and Application
• Wig/Hair Design and Maintenance
• Metal Craft

Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons