Digital Costume Design and Collaboration

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

PART I:  FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 1:  The Design Process: A Digital Approach

First Reactions

Compiling Information Digitally to Create Web-Based Shared Archives

Talking to the Director

The Aristotelian Model

Historical Context: Using Human Geography as a Framework

The “W” Questions or the “Nuts and Bolts”

Stage Directions: The Spoken Word and the Playwright’s Notes

The Importance of a Good Dramaturge

Talking with the Actors

Obtaining Basic Information

Establishing the Character’s “Spine”: Underlying Motivations, Back-Story, Secrets, etc.

Establishing Digital Collaboration with the Actors Prior to Fittings

Testimonial

Interview: Shawn LaCount, Artistic Director and Director

Design Gallery: Edith Can Shoot ...