A costume bible is a book created by a designer at the start of a process of designing for a show, this is a good resource to have as people can refer to the book to find out anything about the shows costume and the characters. For example if a costume supervisor left a show, a new costume design could come in and just make the costumes and understand the needs of each character, just from the bible.
In the costume bible it should include:
- Costume Plot
- Where to find all of the fabrics, and add in samples of what fabrics you would use, and price ranges of the fabrics.
- Costume inspirations and starting points
- Initial costume designs
- Final costume designs
- Details of specific items to add on; EG- jewellery, buttons, zips
- Photos of the character in actions
- Different location
What determines a costume designer?
- Practicality - is it practical for the space or what the character has to do. (Dance?)
- Time period - Costumes are fitting to when the show is set, (EG- Downton Abbey would were older clothes, however We Will Rock You would be futuristic
- Templates Character profile
- status - what the character is trying to portray to the audience and is measured towards the other characters
- lighting - Can change the colour of a costume and reveal a different side to a costume
- set
- context of production
- era - See time period
- Fitting with show and other character
- colour scheme
- budget - How much you can afford and other ways of getting the same effect but for a cheaper price, other ways of creating status rather than buying elaborate fabrics.
- personal preference
- personality - for example colours reflecting the personality
- Original Costume - How much from the original production do you get inspired by and how much do you discard.
- Character Profile - One accent costume that can immediately show an audience what your character is, for example, the queen would wear a crown and footballer would wear boots or have a ball.
- The audience - Children's theatre, would be appropriate costumes, yet with bright colours, that can make them interested, for example light up and making noises, textures. Costumes that include all of the sensory features. In contrast a show like Chicago, you would not take a child to this as the costumes are a little more revealing.
A costume plot is a breakdown of a certain characters costumes, and it shows a designer and the dressers what costume is needed for each scene and it says what clothing, headwear, footwear and accessories. Unlike the bible, which is all about designing and creating the costume, the plot is a practical document that has it down what it is that the character has to wear.
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