Graduate Certificate in Costume Production
Fanshawe College
Key Information
Campus location
London, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 4,608 *
Application deadline
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* total fee for Canadian students. $16,644.14 for international students
Introduction
Do you have an eye for creating clothing and costumes and experience in fashion design or theatre production? Specialize your career as a customer or costume technician. Fanshawe’s Costume Production program builds on your skills, equipping you as a costuming and wardrobe specialist in the exciting field of live entertainment.
Your Learning Experience
The Costume Production program is an eight-month graduate certificate program that will prepare you for a career as a costuming and wardrobe specialist. Graduate with the skills and confidence you need to work with costume designers in a variety of areas in the live entertainment industry.
This two-term Ontario Graduate Certificate program will build upon students' existing Fashion Design and/or Theatre skills and prepare them for working in a wardrobe department for the entertainment industry. Students learn both the technical and creative aspects of costuming for theatre through components of classroom theory, studio training, and practical work placement. Advanced classroom studies in theatre history, wardrobe planning, and script analysis serve as the foundation for focused practical training in technical costume cutting and construction.
You’ll also develop project management and collaboration skills, by collaborating on multi-disciplinary projects with students in other programs in collaborative practice courses. During your final semester, you will apply your costume technician skills in a field placement in a professional theatre company, TV location, or film wardrobe.
The curriculum is designed to provide technical study and hands-on experience in building costumes. The program offers students the unique opportunity to work in collaboration with industry professionals within actual theatre wardrobe settings during their field placement. This program is supported by affiliations with The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival, The Banff Centre of the Arts, The Grand Theatre London, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), and the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET).
Admissions
Curriculum
Courses
Level 1
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:
- DESG-1095 ---- Women's Cutting 1
- DESG-1094 ---- Men's Tailoring 1
- FASH-1018 ---- Costume Construction 1
- FASH-1053 ---- Costume Accessories
- FASH-1050 ---- Dyeing
- DESG-1093 ---- Costume Interpretation
- DESG-1101 ---- Innovative Wardrobe Practice 1
Level 2
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:
- DESG-3049 ---- Women's Cutting 2
- DESG-3050 ---- Men's Tailoring 2
- FASH-3030 ---- Costume Construction 2
- DESG-3052 ---- Innovative Wardrobe Practice 2
- FASH-3031 ---- Wardrobe Practical Skills
- FLDP-5016 ---- Practical Field Placement
Program Residency
Students Must Complete a Minimum of 12 credits in this program at Fanshawe College to meet the Program Residency requirement and Graduate from this program
Program Outcome
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Develop and create costumes that express character, through the application of knowledge of the history of theatre and costume.
- Plan the development, creation, and maintenance of all aspects of costuming with respect to the organizational, logistical, and financial factors involved in the wardrobe.
- Analyze scripts in order to make costume development, creation, and maintenance decisions.
- Communicate costume development concepts to a varied audience using a variety of visual media, including life drawing, illustration, and/or wardrobe development.
- Create a technical translation of a costume illustration, using pattern-making, draping, fitting, and tailoring techniques that fulfill the director/designer's vision.
- Construct costumes and costume accessories that meet the specialized needs of various productions.
- Prepare, modify, decorate, and care for fabrics and costumes, based on a thorough knowledge of textile characteristics.
- Fulfill the responsibilities of a production team member in the complex world of live entertainment by applying excellent communication, interpersonal, critical thinking, problem-solving, and time/ project management skills.
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Career Opportunities
Graduates of Fanshawe’s Costume Production program will gain the necessary creative, design, and problem-solving skills to work in wardrobe departments such as sewers, dyers, boots/shoes, milliners, dressers, or management. Graduates could also become costume technicians in the film industry creating the outfits and costumes that help bring the characters to life.
Here are some examples of career opportunities for graduates of Fanshawe’s Costume Production program:
Costume Shop Manager
Supervise, coordinate, and execute all costume designs.
Costume Designer
Design various costumes for performances.
Costume Shop Manager
Hire, train, and evaluate staff to fabricate production costumes and garments.
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