Costume Design

What are the clothes that characters wear on stage called?

• Sets

• Props

• Backdrops

• Costumes

Who is a person who creates or plans a specific part of the production such as the costumes, lighting, set, make-up, or sound?

• crew

• designer

• costume plot

• director

What is a committee of technicians who work behind the scenes creating the scenery, props, and so on?

• designer

• crew

• costume plot

• carpenters

What is a chart listing all the characters, the acts or scenes in which they appear, and all garments and accessories needed?

• costume chart

• stage manager's bible

• director's cheat sheet

• costume plot

The costumes must not reveal the character's personality; the audience needs to discover that through the acting and plot alone.

• True

• False

Costumes shouldn’t show the character’s personality.

• True

• False

Costumes should help the audience understand the time and place of the story.

• True

• False

Costumes are clothes that actors wear in a play.

• True

• False

Which of the following should costumes reveal to the audience? (Choose all that apply)

• Actor’s skin and character's race

• Character’s age and job

• Character’s height and weight

• Character’s social position and wealth

To aid in planning costumes appropriate for the setting of the play, the designer can use which of the following sources? (choose ALL that are correct)

• encyclopedias

• old magazines

• paintings from the appropriate time period

• old TV shows or movies made in or depicting the appropriate time period