The costume designer's toolkit : the process of creating effective design /
Durbin, Holly Poe, 1957-
The costume designer's toolkit : the process of creating effective design / Holly Poe Durbin. - 1 online resource ( xvii, 352 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). - The Focal Press toolkit series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The eight costume jobs -- What the costume designer brings to a production -- Collaborative creativity -- Design elements create a picture -- Color creates emotions -- Design principles create meaning -- Fabrics create definition -- Getting paid : all that glitters -- Script, plot and story -- The mechanics of a script -- Characters engage the audience -- The story unfolds on a stage -- Generating ideas -- Adding authenticity with research -- The design approach -- Designing the character costume -- Communicating the costume design -- Defining the scope of a show -- Budgeting creative projects -- Leading teamwork -- Pull it together : sourcing and organizing costumes -- Styling menswear -- Meet your maker : made-to-order costumes -- Accessories and costume props -- Hair and makeup design -- Preparing for fittings -- Fitting garments -- The rehearsal period -- Dress rehearsals -- Design documentation -- Growing your art.
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Holly Poe Durbin is an award-winning costume designer for theater, opera, independent film, and themed entertainment. She has collaborated with notable actors such as Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, William Shatner, Martin Short, and Tessa Thompson to create engaging characters. She has worked internationally, on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional theaters around the US including the South Coast Repertory, the Old Globe Theatres, Mark Taper Forum, St. Louis Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Shakespeare Center LA, and Playmakers Repertory in North Carolina. She was the costume director for the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles and is the head of costume design studies at the University of California Irvine.
9781003015284 100301528X 9781000729146 1000729141 9781000729139 1000729133
17911237
9781003015284 Taylor & Francis
2022018111
Costume design--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Costume design--Vocational guidance.
PN2067 / .D87 2023
The costume designer's toolkit : the process of creating effective design / Holly Poe Durbin. - 1 online resource ( xvii, 352 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). - The Focal Press toolkit series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The eight costume jobs -- What the costume designer brings to a production -- Collaborative creativity -- Design elements create a picture -- Color creates emotions -- Design principles create meaning -- Fabrics create definition -- Getting paid : all that glitters -- Script, plot and story -- The mechanics of a script -- Characters engage the audience -- The story unfolds on a stage -- Generating ideas -- Adding authenticity with research -- The design approach -- Designing the character costume -- Communicating the costume design -- Defining the scope of a show -- Budgeting creative projects -- Leading teamwork -- Pull it together : sourcing and organizing costumes -- Styling menswear -- Meet your maker : made-to-order costumes -- Accessories and costume props -- Hair and makeup design -- Preparing for fittings -- Fitting garments -- The rehearsal period -- Dress rehearsals -- Design documentation -- Growing your art.
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Electronic reproduction.
London
Available via World Wide Web.
Holly Poe Durbin is an award-winning costume designer for theater, opera, independent film, and themed entertainment. She has collaborated with notable actors such as Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, William Shatner, Martin Short, and Tessa Thompson to create engaging characters. She has worked internationally, on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional theaters around the US including the South Coast Repertory, the Old Globe Theatres, Mark Taper Forum, St. Louis Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Shakespeare Center LA, and Playmakers Repertory in North Carolina. She was the costume director for the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles and is the head of costume design studies at the University of California Irvine.
9781003015284 100301528X 9781000729146 1000729141 9781000729139 1000729133
17911237
9781003015284 Taylor & Francis
2022018111
Costume design--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Costume design--Vocational guidance.
PN2067 / .D87 2023