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From Script To Stage: A Costume Designer’S Perspective, Laura M. Gifford
From Script To Stage: A Costume Designer’S Perspective, Laura M. Gifford
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In the process of designing the costumes for a show, it is important to understand the psyche of each of the characters. The completion of thorough research can give valuable insight into the characters, as well as details of the setting of the play. A designer then takes this information, in the form of photographs, journals, period documents, and modern analysis and combines it to achieve a unified vision of the play’s environment. They must then work with the director and other designers to present this vision to the audience. This semester, I had the opportunity to explore this process …