Soul Shall Danc or Dog Lady

Paper instructions:
Pick one play Soul Shall Danc or Dog Lady
Once you have chosen your play, read through it several times (again). As Director and Costume designer. You will create a document in which you explain the following:
As the director
a. What is your ruling idea?
b. What is your tone goal statement for each element of the dramatic structure (i.e. exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/catastrophe, and denouement)?
c. If you want to upload this as a video/podcast of you talking me through this as a director, that would be acceptable
Write these down, including title and author of play.
As the costume designer
a. Create a power point presentation of between 12 (C level) to 20 images that demonstrate your understanding of who this person is by the specifics of what they wear. This should also be informed by your ruling idea!
b. You should have an array of images that relate specifically to your ideas in regard character (age, socio-economic background, etc.), etc. The idea is to use these images as a communication tool to fully explain your ideas to others. This is actually what happens in the professional Theatre. Think of it as a visual aid/outline that moves your ideas forward and allows others a window into your thought process. Each image of must be specifically labeled as to what character, what act. These images must support both the physical needs of the play and be informed by the ruling idea. Label every image in the power point and provide a brief description, in terms of color and fabric choice so as to help inform the person looking at those images.
c. DO NOT USE COMPLETE “costumes” or clothes from other productions or movies.
d. DO NOT USE images of famous people. This makes us look at the famous person and not what they are wearing and thus our eye is betrayed.
What images do I need to find?
Look to the text for indications of what might be needed in terms of the specifics—don’t confuse text of the play with stage directions. Clothes say everything about a person. Don’t why a white shirt and not a blue what—color has a philosophy to it.
Where do I find images and how do I locate the best images easily?
· www.gettyimages.com
· google image search
· www.corbis.com
· www.masterfile.com
IMPORTANT: Save all images to a folder on your computer and name them so that you can identify them easily later. Do not save thumbnail versions of images. Always click on a thumbnail to view the highest resolution image. If the images are too pixilated they will not make a good presentation later.
How do I present my images?
Once you have collected your images, you can do your presentation in one of the following ways:
a. Create a power point presentation- each frame can contain one or two images max.
b. Insert your slides into a word document. Make sure the images are large enough to see well. This will mean that your word doc will be several pages long. Number your pages.
c. Create a pdf. (I recommend this over a word doc as it isn’t as large a file in the end).
Make sure you insert a text box next to each picture and label it plus a referring phrase as to what the image is, what you liked about the image and where (what scene) this will be used. DO NOT use a picture of complete “outfit” and label it as such! A suit it one image. What about the tie? What does it look like? What about the color of the sirt? French cuffs? If so, what are some looks for the cuff links?
When doing a power point presentation, make sure to create a first frame to be used as a title page with your name, the course name and “Image Gallery for ….(name of play)”. If you are doing a word doc or pdf, make sure to include that same information at the top of the page.
Free photo editing software available online at www.picnik.com if you need to resize your images or alter them in any way.
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