Niccum, Paula

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University of Montana

University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana University of Montana Course Syllabi Open Educational Resources (OER) Spring 2-1-2007 DRAM 307A.02: Costume Production Crew Paula Niccum University of Montana, Missoula, paula.niccum@umontana.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Niccum, Paula, "DRAM 307A.02: Costume Production Crew" (2007). University of Montana Course Syllabi. 11683. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/11683 This Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources (OER) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana Course Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. Drama 107A, 207 & 307    Costume Production Crew Paula Niccum, Costume Shop Manager  Mon-Wed 1-5 Section 2 Costume Shop  PARTV 40   Tue-Thu 2-6 Section 5 Campus Ext. 5271     SPRING 2007  This class meets for 4 hours twice a week, with a 10 minute break.  Duties include, but are not limited to, building, altering, and pulling of costumes and costume crafts/accessories as needed per show as well as basic shop maintenance, costume storage and cleaning.  A minimum of 100 hours of work in the costume shop is required to receive a “D” and must be completed before finals week (class does not meet during finals week).  After that prerequisite is fulfilled, the following will determine your grade: 1. Punctuality- You should come to your scheduled lab, arrive on time, and not leave early. 2. Quality of Time- You should be conscientious in your use of shop time.  Do you diligently work on the assigned tasks, or do you waste time chatting, fooling around, taking breaks, talking on the phone, etc? 3. Quality of Work- You will be asked to do the best you can, nothing less and nothing more.  Work will be assigned according to the level of you skills.  As this improves, you will be challenged further.  Are you satisfied with your work?  Is it up to the standard set by the shop manager or other costume faculty?  Must it frequently be redone?  Do you rise to meet the challenge?  You will not be penalized for less than optimal sewing abilities if you make up for it with a positive attitude, responsible work ethic,  gracious acceptance and conscientious completion of any task you are assigned. 4. Attitude- No job is too small.  If you feel you cannot complete a job successfully, speak with the shop manager.  It is important that you freely contribute your skills and knowledge and abilities, but we work as a team.  It takes all of us to make a production successful.  Be patient, courteous, pleasant and tolerant. What is expected- As a student in this workshop, you need to learn quickly and precisely how things are done in the U of M costume shop and take responsible initiative early in the semester.  Ask questions, clean up your own projects and messes (& sometimes of those less considerate).   What to expect-        A duty of the costume shop manager is to organize what is to be done, and by whom.  If there is nothing to be done, then the student will not be penalized and will be sent home with the full 4 hours credited to them.  All staff should be able to instruct and teach you the skills we need you to learn to make the build of the costumes smooth and accurate.    All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an academic penalty by the course instructor and/or a disciplinary sanction by the University. All students need to be familiar with the Student Conduct Code. The Code is available for review online at http://www.umt.edu/SA/VPSA/Index.cfm/page/1321.  All Drama/Dance students must have an in-depth knowledge of the practices and procedures outlined in the Department of Drama/Dance Handbook. The Handbook is available online at http://www.sfa.umt.edu/drama/index.html.    Some General Shop Guidelines: Let your cutter/draper or the manager see your work when it is completed.  I can’t tell which jobs are done, let you know when you’ve done a good job, or help you to improve, if I don’t see your work when you’re finished.  This includes samplers.   When hanging an item on the wardrobe cart, please make sure it goes in the right section of the cart with name tag at least pinned to the garment.  Sew tag in whenever possible. Treat fellow shop workers with courtesy.  Before beginning to use a machine or work table, ask whether anyone else is using it.   Theater involves teamwork.  This includes occasional weekend work calls.  Remember that the next production may be the one you’re designing or acting in.  Everyone is free to choose music, or bring their own in to play in the shop.  If you bring a personal music player, you will need to keep the volume at a level where you can still hear what is going on in the shop.  Each person also has veto power over the shop stereo, and can change the music or reduce the volume if it is hard to concentrate.  Be respectful during the fitting process.  Fittings require intense concentration and communication between the designer, actor and shop staff.  Keep the volume of both shop conversation and the stereo reduced during fittings. Please clean up after yourself.  This includes everything from tidying up in the kitchen to pulling the pins out of muslin scraps before putting them in the scrap bins.  If the shop manager has to clean up after you repeatedly, your grade will be affected.   Don’t be afraid to ask questions.  It takes less time and is far easier to ask questions than it is to fix mistakes.  This is especially critical before cutting.  There is no way to undo a cutting mistake.  If you have any doubt, please ask. Whenever possible, alterations to existing costumes should be performed so that they can be altered again for future productions.  Don’t cut off hems or waistbands unless there is no other way to make the costume look right.  Ask first! Keep phone use to a minimum. Food and drink are permitted in the costume shop, with some commons sense considerations.  Be careful around the fabrics.  It’s a good idea to keep drinks below the level of the work tables.  Do not eat or drink on any table that cannot be wiped clean.  Food residue can get on the fabrics and presents a real problem.  Wash your hands before handling fabric. You are welcome to heat up food, make coffee or tea.  Please don’t take coffee or other drinks- we pay for them ourselves. The computer in the shop is for shop related work only.  Please keep personal use to a minimum as a matter of courtesy to others working in the shop. Construction crew grading criteria: You will be given a grade in each of the three areas listed below. The grades will then be averaged and a final grade determined. Attendance will also be weighted on whether the hours have been accrued by regular attendance or by working 30-40 hours in the two weeks.  For you to be able to grow and learn and for us to be able to schedule, we must be able to count on your attendance in the shop as scheduled, and not just when you feel like showing up.  Being dependable is part of the work ethic required for working in theater.  GRADE  PERFORMANCE  ATTITUDE  ATTENDANCE A  Did the job(s) assigned  Eager to do well & always on schedule   Perfectly, never had to   learn, helpful and  and on time   worry about quality or  cooperative, happy     performance, learned quickly to be here  B  Did jobs assigned with  Wants to do job well, Always there, seldom   Few errors- once learned,   helpful and cooperative late   job always done well    C  Did job assigned but  just here to put in  often late, missed work    always required close  hours and get class calls entirely, often    supervision, did no more   over with, time not requests special   than required   used productively scheduling/make up hours  D  Required help for job  complains about   often late, missed work   one person should be  time involved, wastes calls entirely, often   able to do, not trustworthy, time, generates noise requests special   apathetic, sloppy, unsafe  and slows progress in  scheduling/make up hours   waits around to be given a job shop, disappears  F  Left projects incomplete  didn’t want to be there never shows up   and didn’t notify anyone      

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