Costume 1- The Costume Bible

What is a costume bible?

• Costume Plot
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What determines costume design?

• Status- How a character is measured against another character.
• Personality- Colour might determine the mood and warmth of a character.
• Practicality suitability- how it will affect the way the character moves, and taking costume changes into consideration.
• Time Period- making sure the costumes are suitable to the era of when the show is set. For example, a classical theatre piece verses a contemporary theatre piece.
• Original Costume- How much is useful, and how much can be discarded, how it inspires the design.
• Lighting- changes the colour of a costume, links to practicality in terms on what it can reveal of an actor is wearing underneath the costume, whether it is intended or not.
• Budget- Strategically using your budget to create creative costumes, there are other ways of creating the character and status without expensive fabric.
• Size- Measurements of the actors size to suit both practicality and effectiveness of the costume.
• Audience- For example Children's Theatre would need appropriate costumes that will intreeg the audience. For example children would be interested in colour, texture and lights, particularly visual.

What is a costume plot?


A costume plot is for a costume designer to keep a summery of the different costumes for the different scenes, and what character wears what.