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Costume Design For Qui Nguyen’S She Kills Monsters, Tanner Neal Mcalpin
Costume Design For Qui Nguyen’S She Kills Monsters, Tanner Neal Mcalpin
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The following thesis details the process of creating costume designs and implementing them in the production of She Kills Monsters which was produced at the University of Arkansas Black Box Theatre in the Fall of 2018. Throughout this thesis I will explain how the costumes went from initial research and conversations with the director to the final products on the stage. The account of this includes an analysis of the script, collages of photos used for inspiration, portrait gallery, research, rough sketches, renderings with fabric swatches, production photos, and my evaluation of the process as a whole.
Costume Design For "Life Is A Dream" By Pedro Calderon De La Barca, Kelsey Looney
Costume Design For "Life Is A Dream" By Pedro Calderon De La Barca, Kelsey Looney
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The following thesis explains the process used to create and implement the costume design for the production of Life is a Dream produced at the University of Arkansas in the spring of 2018. In this thesis I will detail the process of moving from research, to renderings, to finished costumes. This design process includes a script analysis, inspiration collages, portrait gallery, sketches, renderings, production photographs, and an assessment of the success of the process overall.
Qipao And Female Fashion In Republican China And Shanghai (1912-1937): The Discovery And Expression Of Individuality, Qingxuan Han
Qipao And Female Fashion In Republican China And Shanghai (1912-1937): The Discovery And Expression Of Individuality, Qingxuan Han
Senior Projects Fall 2019
This project is an attempt to understand the Chinese dress qipao in Republican China, with a primary concentration in Shanghai, and its associations with body politics, urbanscape, modernity, personal and national identity, and sociocultural practices. In particular, I argue that qipao, amongst other fashions of Republican China, had been one of the earliest examples of the modern expression of individuality through fashion in China; I strive to discover how this practice was enabled by its contemporary social environment as well as technological advancements.
Costume Design For Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Melissa Rooney
Costume Design For Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Melissa Rooney
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The following thesis explains the process used to create the costume design for the production of Macbeth produced at the University of Arkansas Global Campus Theatre in the Spring of 2019. Throughout this thesis, I will explain the process by which the costumes went from initial research ideas to sketches and colored renderings and finally to fully realized three dimensional costumes. The design process included in this thesis includes an analysis of the play, inspirational collage, portrait gallery, research, renderings, production images, and an evaluation of the overall process.
She Has Good Jeans: A History Of Denim As Womenswear, Marisa S. Bach
She Has Good Jeans: A History Of Denim As Womenswear, Marisa S. Bach
Senior Projects Spring 2018
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.
The Untold Tale, Yan Zeng
The Untold Tale, Yan Zeng
Masters Theses
Inspired by Manchurian heirlooms and family traditions, I create intricate textiles as narratives that viewers can empathize with, vehicles for expressing my own memories and cultural background. I have told many stories through my textiles in the past, but my thesis tells a very special one: it is a story that I have been afraid to make known for nearly 20 years, a dark fairy tale based on my childhood traumas and experiences; it is the story of a girl who was lost in a deep forest and struggled to find a way out. My thesis collection is composed of …