Good Will Hunting – Technical Theatre One Project Subject: Costume Design and Construction Project Description: Students will make a costume using clothing items that are “found” or are from Good Will or other thrift stores. Students may also ask friends and relatives for some castoff, outgrown, or even ruined clothing items. Students will be given a picture or a character from a play or movie and then will re-create the costume the character is wearing. Students are not allowed to buy fabric at the fabric store, but instead must recycle or reuse premade clothing items which are either given to them or which they purchased at the thrift store. Students will also do a comparative analysis of the price of making the costume using cast-off clothing for fabric compared to the price of purchasing the fabric at a fabric store. (It will be cheaper to use cast-off clothing). The students will also submit photos of the design process and a costume rendering showing how they used the various items they were giver on bought at the thrift store to make the costume. (Students will spend no more than $20.00 total on this project, this is an estimated 5-7 dollars per student. This project can easily be done within this budget, and often at entirely no cost.) Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to teach you to be resourceful and cost efficient when designing and making costumes. It also teaches you to be resourceful in your thinking and design concepts. Project Materials: 1. Cast off or found clothing items such as: shirts, slacks, dresses, ties, scarves, pjs, prom dresses, fur-like coats, etc. Think outside the box! Example: A woman’s half slip makes a great apron when cut up the side seam and a waistband is added. 2. Needle and thread, sewing machines, scissors, hot glue and hot glue guns. 3. Trim items: old buttons, ribbon scraps, etc. Even items like spray glitter, puffy paint, etc. 4. Camera, and no, you may not use the camera on your phone. 5. Paper and colored pencils for your rendering. 6. Receipts and all financial documentation as to how much the project cost. 7. Folder with brads for putting your project together. Project Assessment: 1. Actual costume: Will be graded on effort and following directions. The following points will either all be given, or none will be given in each category. You must follow all directions to receive the points. 2. Financial Chart: Must be filled out completely and include all receipts. 3. Photo Documentation/Journal: At least three photos of each stage of design and construction with full descriptions 4. Color Rendering: Must be drawn using the techniques learned in class (8 heads) and must be in color, neat and creative. Rendering must show how the students used different clothing items and incorporated them into the final costume. The student will need to draw the complete and finished costume, then in the surrounding area, draw the individual clothing items with arrows pointing to the area of the finished costume where they are used.) 5. Daily Goals Sheet: Your group will fill out a sheet daily where you will state your goals for the day, what you are going to do to accomplish your goals, and where you will set goals for the next day. 6. Character Analysis Worksheet: Your group will turn in one character analysis sheet giving details of your chosen character, after your choice has been approved by Mrs. Leffel Due Date: The entire project is due on April 16th for B Day, and April 17th for A Day. NAME OF COSTUME: PERIOD: WHS Technical Theatre Costume Design Project GOOD WILL HUNTING FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: ITEM Team Members 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. BORROWED Amount Spent: $ FREE BOUGHT $ Total Spent $ $ Actual Price Paid Retail Value of Item Total Retail Cost $ EXAMPLE WHS Technical Theatre Costume Design Project GOOD WILL HUNTING FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: ITEM BORROWED Black Dress Sparkly Yarn White Feather Boa Pkg Sequins Feather Duster Silver Glitter Team Members 1. Lexi Lehberg 2. Joel Reed 3. Nada Jawad 4. 5. FREE BOUGHT $ Actual Price Paid X X (Good Will) $3 X $3.99 X $3.99 X X Amount Spent: $ $3.99 $3.99 $3.00 Total Spent $10.98 Retail Value of Item $85.00 $12.00 $19.00 $3.99 $4.00 $3.99 Total Retail Cost $127.98 Good Will Hunting Character Worksheet Character Name: ____________________ Movie: _____________________________ Time Period: ________________________ Location: ___________________________ Describe the costume: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Describe all costume accessories: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What items/materials can you use to recreate this costume? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Create a timeline for your costume creation. Day One: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Day Two: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Day Three: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Day Four: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Day Five: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Day Six: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________