Costume Quiz - Intro

What is the first thing a Costume designer has to do when designing costumes for a play?

• Draw some renderings

• Construct the costumes

• Read the play

• Do a costume parade

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Costume process

What does the costume designer do after the first production meeting? Select all the correct answers.

• Draw some preliminary sketches

• Conduct period research

• Read the play

• Analyze character traits and mood.

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Costume process

What does the costume designer do once they come to a mutual agreement with the director about the costume renderings?

• Draw some renderings

• Construct the costumes

• Read the play

• Do a costume parade

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Costume process

Check all that are included in a costume rendering

• Fabric swatches

• color

• the setting in the background

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Costume process

What is a costume parade?

• A time when the actor's come out holding their characters' renderings to see how they will look on their body type.

• A time when the costume designer and director see in-progress, incomplete costumes.

• A time when the costumer and director view the completed costumes on stage under the stage lights.

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Costume process

What is this?

• A Sketch

• A Rendering

• A silhouette

• color coding

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costume vocab

What is texture?

• fabric swatches on a rendering

• quality of fabric and how it hits the light

• the fabric's color with everyone's costume

• how much I like the fabric on my skin

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costume vocab

What is color coding?

• What color the actors are wearing

• matching the characters allegiances to a certain color in their costume

• matching a characters shirt and pants together

• color psychology with the lights

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costume vocab

Buttons, Lace, hats, jewelry are all examples of

• trim and accessories

• good costume design

• wardrobe

• costume cut and style

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costume vocab

How does a designer get costumes for a show? (select all that apply)

• Buy

• Pull from storage

• Construct / Make

• Teleport