Beginning Costuming Vocabulary

What are costumes?

• Where the action takes place on stage

• Props

• Clothes the actor wears to show the character to the audience

• Lights that illuminate the stage and set the tone of the scene

You have to research costumes for a show so:

• you can know more

• they fit with the time period and character

• the colors will match

• you have something to do

Which crew is in charge of making, repairing, altering, and organizing the costumes for the show?

• Costume Designer

• Costume Crew

• Stage Crew

• Fly Crew

Who is the person who designs or plans the costumes to be worn in a play or stage production?

• Set Designer

• Publicity Crew

• Costume Designer

• Costume Crew

Students should walk with shears with the blades pointing

• Toward the floor
• Toward the ceiling
• Students should never walk with shears
• Outward

Pass the shears

• with the handle first
• with the pointed end first
• just toss them and hope for the best
• don't pass shears

Never put pins and needles in your _______ or your _______.

• pocket, mouth

• mouth, skin

• clothes, skin

• pocket, clothes

Return any borrowed sewing _________ to the proper supply tray/place.

• supplies

• fabric

• needles

• machines

Name this tool

• Straight Pin

• Paper Clip

• Sewing Needle

• Safety Pin

Name this tool

• Safety Pin

• Straight Pin

• Needle

• Seam Ripper