Costume for Stage and Screen HND provides intensive
industry training in Performing Arts Studio Scotland (PASS) bespoke
workshops. Discover your creative potential as you explore costume design and
learn industry design techniques using sewing machines, paint techniques, wig
preparation skills and embroidery. This course will ensure you are fully
prepared and qualified to progress onto further study at a university level and is
a direct route to the third year of BA Hons Costume and Performance Design
course at Bournemouth University.
During this course you will complete a practical
work placement which will be made available through PASS
industry connections. Immerse yourself in the art of costume
design as you gain essential experience in professional environments and
make crucial connections with theatre professionals. You will learn how to take
a simple idea and expand and explore it until becomes a final product; bringing
it to life. You may find yourself working alongside an ex-PASS student as
most move on to professional employment within the industry upon completion.
You will experience how the wardrobe department impacts theatre productions and
learn professional skills that are highly sought after in the industry. Please see information below that will need to be completed as part of the selection process.
- Practical Skills in Pattern Cutting
and Costume Construction?
- Decorative Techniques Used
to Embellish Costume
- Introduction?to the Art of Corsetry
- Millinery/Headwear Sculptural Costume Elements
- Professional Practice Design
- History of Costume and Theatre
Students are placed with professional organisations for work
experience at least once during the course and will also be involved in
practical assignments for performance
- BTEC National Diploma in Production Arts?
- National Diplomas in Fashion Clothing and Textiles
- Two Highers at Grade A/B (English or History?desirable)
- SGA/NC Foundation Course in Art and Design
- Mature students are welcome to apply and will be granted an interview
to discuss entry requirements
- Applicants who do not possess Highers in academic subjects
required for progression to some universities can study for these
qualifications alongside this HND
English Proficiency Requirements
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How the course is assessed
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- Practical demonstration
- Work-experience placement
- Assignments
- Writing journals
- Scrapbooks
- Working with others
- Photographic evidence
- Oral questioning
- Research skills
We would like to invite you to a remote interview rather than attending the college in person, please see below for more information:
- E-Portfolio: Please upload the following information in an E-Portfolio to ahead of your online interview, once you have done this send the link to the two email addresses at the bottom of this letter. Your link can be shared with us in your application by using (SharePoint, OneDrive, Instagram or DropBox)
- evidence of academic achievements to date
- evidence of your sewing skills. (This could be a garment, an item of costume made for an amateur production or a compilation of sewing techniques
- portfolio of drawings (specifically figure drawings and life studies)
- a written critique of a live performance or a personal statement.
Once we have received your Folio you will be contacted to arrange a Zoom interview with one of the Administrators or the Costume faculty.
Please make sure all information requested reaches us within a week of your interview date so that we can effectively process your application.
Please email your E-portfolio, to the addresses below using the subject title PORTFOLIO and your name.
Liz.McCafferty@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
Anya.Glinski@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
Progression And Articulation Routes
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- University courses in Costume Design and Production at
various universities
- BA Hons Costume and Performance Design course at Bournemouth
University (articulated route)
Download our progression route map hereOur past students work all over Scotland and the UK in
wardrobe departments for both film and theatre. The roles covered vary
depending on the establishments, but some examples are;
- Costume supervisors
- Costume cutters
- Wardrobe assistants
- Dressers
- Maintenance workers
- Costume hire assistants
Some of our alumni work on cruise ships, (looking after
costumes for a wide range of entertainments), and others have specialised in
costume production. Not all students follow a theatrical path and the course
provides transitional skills which will allow you to venture into;
- Bridal wear
- Haute couture
- Fashion
- Millinery
- Corsetry
- Steampunk
- Sculptural costume
- Wigs and cosplay
Course Cost And Funding Options
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Edinburgh College Costume students have delved into a
Shakespearean world of farthingales and ruffs to launch an exhibition of
Elizabethan inspired stage costumes.
Elizabethan Costumes for Theatre Performance, an exhibition
by Edinburgh College Theatre Costume students, were exhibited at the Macrobert
Arts Centre in Stirling. The exhibition features 13 historically themed
costumes, inclusive of undergarments and accessories, designed for a theatre or
opera production set between 1550 and 1620. Graduate Suzanne Coll
said:
“Producing the costumes has been both interesting and
challenging and has given me an opportunity to develop the skills needed for
professional theatre and film work. The project also allowed me to immerse
myself in the etiquette and fashions worn by the aristocracy of the period and,
having wrestled with the weight and bulk of these period reproductions,
appreciate the more casual, comfortable clothing we wear today. I’m really
proud to see my work on display as part of the exhibition.”
Read more of our student stories here.