Welcome to "Futuristic Threads: Sci-Fi Costume Design," a comprehensive course exploring the practical aspects of crafting costumes for speculative near and distant future scenarios. This program guides participants through character design principles, emphasizing functionality, combat utility, technical occupations, and robotics. The focus lies on selecting materials and technologies aligned with futuristic settings, challenging conventional design norms. Through hands-on projects, lectures, and critiques, students develop the ability to construct compelling settings through costumes. The goal is to create a portfolio of designs that reflect a nuanced understanding of advancements in technology as well as costume and equipment components of combat and strategic maneuverability, without the constraints of present-day norms.
Requisites
Take ECPT-262, Costume Design -AND-
ECPT- 315, Character Design
ECPT- 315, Character Design
