Product Details

• Actors: Joseph Lamirand, Carma Shawger
• Directors: James Porter, Carma Shawger
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1989
• Run Time: 73 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1879927063
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #659,731 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Thomas P. Rahner, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida

"The series continues to save faculty hours of teaching important, but repetitive, basics. We can now devote our instruction on advanced and specific work."

Product Description

Costuming a theatrical production can be fun and rewarding with proper organization. This video highlights 3 major time periods used frequently in educational theatre and shows how to costume a production efficiently and cost effectively:

-Organization & research
-Victorian era
-Measurements
-Jazz era
-Acquisitions
-Patterns
-Elizabethan era
-Costume maintenance

Freelance costumer, Carma Shawger, illustrates the costuming process with demonstrations and helpful tips. Teacher’s guide and selective bibliography included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars TOP NOTCH TEACHING TOOL, September 6, 2004

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Ida Lizabeth "goodwin413" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Basic Costumer [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video lives up to all of the editorial remarks it claims. I used it to introduce students in middle school and high school to their work on costume crews for plays. It allowed them to work independently and to quickly learn the basics of doing their jobs well. An invaluable tool for the single theatre arts teacher who has to manage a number of student crews and beginners, as well as more advanced students.