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+Clothes can communicate all of theseSetting (time and place)ToneFunctionality (movement) Status / OccupationOccasionRelationships between characters

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Before you begin to design costumes, you must first research the time period, the setting, and any relevant social situations.

Good sources include: paintings, books, photos, illustrations from the time period as well as costume design books.

The Designer's Objective: Setting

+The Designer's Objective: Setting

+The Designer's Objective: Setting the mood, tone and styleMood and tone are all about the feel of the play. Eloquent Fancy Funny Whimsical Serious Dramatic

+The Designer's Objective: Setting the mood, tone and style

+The Designer's Objective:Functionality Where movement and costume switches meet

+The Designer's Objective:Functionality

+The Designer's Objective: Status / Social Class / Occupation

+What social classes do we have in the United States? Upper Class Middle Class

Upper middle Middle middle Lower middle

Working class Lower class / unemployed

+The Designer's Objective: Occasion (combined with time period)

+The Designer's Objective: Establish relationships

+Functionality and Establishing Relationships