- This designer is responsible for selecting and/or creating the outfits and accessories worn by the performers.
Your answer:
Scene Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Costume Designer
- Which of the following is NOT indicated by clothing?
Your answer:
Position and status
Occupation
Degree of independence or regimentation
Past life experiences
- Which of the following is NOT a requirement of costume design?
Your answer:
Help establish the style of a production
Establish the aural environment onstage
Indicate the historical period of a play and the locale in which it occurs
Be consistent with the production as a whole, especially other visual elements
- What is the first step in the costume design process?
Your answer:
Meet with the director
Sketches
Read the script
Research
- Which musical used informal pick-up attire to indicate the free-spirited people living on the Lower East Side in New York City?
Your answer:
Rent
Phantom of the Opera
The Sisters Rosensweig
Hair
- The costume designer's choices in deciding how to costume a historical play such as Julius Caesar are dependent on...
Your answer:
the script
the directorial concept
the performer's requests
the fabric available
None of the above
- Costume choices can indicate...
Your answer:
Age
Personality
Occupation
Economic status
All of the Above
- To indicate relationships between characters, a costume designer most often uses _______ to show alliances or divisions between groups.
Your answer:
color
line
silhouette
fabric
- Which of the following is NOT an abstract or symbolic character?
Your answer:
Simba from the Lion King
Banquo's ghost from Hamlet
The three witches from Macbeth
Oedipus from Oedipus Rex
- Costumes must be designed carefully and with an awareness of the performers because of...
Your answer:
possible quick changes
possible fight scenes
dance moves
all of the above
- The two terms that refer to how a costume design will be put together are...
Your answer:
pulled or built
shopped or patterned
rented or sold
made or found
- The elements a costume designer works with in creating designs are...
Your answer:
color
fabric
line, shape, silhouette
all of the above
None of the above
- Which aspect of costume design is often overlooked by the audience?
Your answer:
Shoes
Undergarments
Jewelry
Hair
- Make-up design is...
Your answer:
Often used to age a performer
Sometimes ignored in small theaters due to the close proximity of the audience
Able to make a strong commentary on the theme or idea of the play
all of the above
- Which Japanese form of theater relies heavily on make-up to create characters?
Your answer:
No theater
Kabuki
Bunraku
Kathakali
- Another area of costume design that is particularly important is hairstyles and wigs. Of the following requirements of costume design, which is best served by hair and wig choices?
Your answer:
Indicating the historical period of the production
Meeting the needs of the individual performer
Showing relationships between characters
Symbolically conveying the significance of individual characters
- Besides clothing, the costume designer oversees which of the following areas of design?
Your answer:
Masks
Make-up
Wigs and Hairstyles
Accessories
All of the Above
- Actors and actresses often rely on costumes to create their parts.
Your answer:
True
False
- Amongst the other designers, who does the costume designer need to work particularly closely with?
Your answer:
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Scenic Designer
All of the team for a unified process
- The practical considerations for costume design might include knowing the . . .
Your answer:
limitations of the stage space for seating capacity
electrical power available for lighting instruments
area available for performers to use as dressing rooms
inventory of sound equipment for the space