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Arts University Plymouth is an independent specialist university run by artists and designers for artists and designers, widely regarded as a dynamic catalyst for creative learning and social justice.

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Our intensive and practical Costume Production course will transform you into an outstanding costume professional, ready for a wide range of careers in the performing arts – that includes television, film, stage, festival and heritage events.

Costume Production Degree Course BA (Hons)

Our intensive and practical Costume Production course will transform you into an outstanding costume professional, ready for a wide range of careers in…

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3D Design

Costume

Craft

Design

Fashion

Jewellery

Production

Styling

Textiles

Develop and extend your existing knowledge of processes and technologies associated with your field of study, through the exploration of associated methods and materials. You will be introduced to a range of practical methods, processes and techniques, and encouraged to think critically about your subject.
Costume construction is a craft that requires the making of garments suited to the modern body, whilst achieving the correct shapes and silhouettes for particular eras and costume designs.
In this unit you will be introduced to the fundamental principles underlying the cut and construction of costume that enhances or distorts the body in order to create character.
You’ll learn about the historical, social and cultural contexts of costume, exploring the core practical skills of costume design interpretation, learning about pattern drafting, cutting and construction.

Focusing on the geographical offerings and potential of a site specific location (e.g. Plymouth or other location), and its surroundings, you will orientate your practice through considering immediate geographies and the relationship of the local to the global. You will develop ways for generating creative ideas in response to a brief, with a primary focus on creative problem solving, methods and materials.
In this project you will explore a variety of drawing and visual design processes. You will investigate the notion of place and how a narrative can be built from a text, and influenced by a geographical location.
With the impact of different performance spaces in mind, you will use your research to develop a character and compile a portfolio of design work that includes sample construction from your original design work.

Engage with subject-specific ideas and applications, encouraging critical reflection on your individual creative practice and subject within the larger creative arts domain. You will be supported to undertake an imaginative approach to your subject that challenges historical and cultural assumptions.
In this unit, you will be introduced to the role of costume in the creative industries and consider the various careers available to you.
You will engage with practical and theoretical tasks, including both digital and analogue practices and processes, to build a body of work that reflects the role of a costume professional.
Professional ethics and responsibilities will be explored through investigative research and tasks such as understanding job roles and industry terminology.
You will hone your professional communication skills, building an industry-standard CV.

Focus on collaboration as a practice, way of working and experience. Share your skills in pursuit of creative problem solving through mutual interest and cooperative approaches, while being introduced to methodologies from other disciplines.
You will develop your understanding of professional contexts and gain the skills to communicate practical solutions to an audience. This unit focuses on the knowledge gained through team working, and the impact of individual contributions in collaborative projects.

Enhance your awareness of research-informed practice, the role of risk and failure, and the adoption of new or unfamiliar methodologies in developing creative practice. You will focus on the critical and practical processes used for idea generation, propositional and hypothetical creative outputs, rather than finished outcomes.
Speculative Strategies will challenge you to critically engage with new approaches to altering and enhancing the human form.
Focusing on wearable props, you will explore innovative techniques and processes of creating props and how they can be implemented using traditional and digital methods, from millinery to laser cutting and 3D printing.
You’ll investigate the use of props within a specific genre (inc. horror, fantasy) and their cultural and ethical contexts.
You will learn about the scope of the costume wearable prop industry, and it's wider communities, such as cosplay. You will also investigate the principles of professionalism in the wearable prop industries, including looking at business plans and branding.

Think deeper about how creative solutions might help solve real-world challenges. Draw on expertise and ideas from the arts and sciences to provide alternative propositions for solution-focussed practical enquiry.
As a creative practitioner, you belong to a global network of like minded individuals and groups for whom citizenship, social justice and the opportunities posed by creative learning and new technologies provide a rich seam for solution-based enquiry.
This unit will support your creative development through the application of your specialist skills and knowledge, whilst also encouraging the adoption of new and/or unfamiliar methodologies or approaches.

Through the use of real-world scenarios (live or simulated), you will be encouraged to use the methods, knowledge and understanding gained in previous study to place your work in relevant professional and creative contexts in order to facilitate knowledge transfer into the public domain.
This unit provides you with the opportunity and experience to engage with a real or theoretical outward facing event, such as a live performance or exhibition event where you may work with performers, directors and designers from a variety of creative genres.
This experience will enhance your understanding of professional production methods and industry environments, developing your ability to recognise and embrace the role of a costume interpreter/designer as a collaborative partnership within a creative production team.

Develop individual authorship in your creative practice, and ownership of your learning through a self-initiated project. You will be introduced to methods for managing and producing an independent creative project, developing skills in project articulation and management to include consideration for project scope, time and resources management.
As creative practitioners, now is the moment to be curious and playful with the tools and opportunities available to you, discovering boundaries to be pushed in order to take risks.
In this unit, advanced specialist skills in the area of bespoke tailoring, digital surface pattern and fabric manipulation will drive your individual creative outcomes to invent and employ new and emerging practices that embrace and celebrate your individual approach to costume design and making.
Working from a common starting point which may take the form of an object, text, word or music, you will conduct a self initiated response to research and follow your own routes of inquiry.
You will be encouraged to challenge existing perceptions of costume concepts and techniques in traditional performance settings, and embrace wider creative formats that may include immersive theatre, music videos and site specific performance.

Arts University Plymouth offers a year long sandwich year option. Framed within the institution’s innovative Common Unit Framework, the sandwich year experience is offered as a unit that contributes to your BA (Hons) Degree.
The sandwich year can take the form of an internship or work placement, and can take place in the UK or abroad. It is intended to give you the possibility of gaining experience in art and design practice in a ‘real life’ industry setting, before you return to complete the final year of your degree. You will be able to build your CV and, if you choose to take on your sandwich year outside of the UK, enhance your experience of international creative practice.
Sandwich year placements will be selected by each student who wishes to take one, assisted by Course staff within AUP. Opportunities may also come through corporate approaches to AUP or through links built by your course tutors. Each placement opportunity will be reviewed by the University before being approved to ensure its suitability to be part of your course. During the Sandwich Year you remain enrolled at AUP with access to IT and your email accounts, online library and learning support.
Once approved, the sandwich year will count towards your overall degree and completion of it will be acknowledged on your degree certificate.
<a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/sandwich-year" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here to read more about the Sandwich Year at Arts University Plymouth.</a>
Queries regarding the Arts University Plymouth Sandwich Year placement or internship option can be sent to <a href="mailto:registry@aup.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">registry@aup.ac.uk</a>.

You will be encouraged to further refine your aims and ambitions for your final year of study, by formulating and testing out ideas for your Final Project. You will present a creative pitch that outlines the key concepts and methods behind your project and demonstrates knowledge and understanding of appropriate contextual and professional frameworks.

You will produce a research-informed critical text that contextualises your research interests and demonstrates sustained critical engagement with your subject. This could be an extended critical essay or industry report; or an original publication (text &amp; image) and accompanying critical essay.

This unit will extend your understanding and consideration of appropriate audiences, end-users and markets for your work, and raise your awareness of industry-relevant technologies, techniques and innovations. Your learning will support the articulation of your personal career ambitions, informed by an awareness of professional contexts and graduate opportunities for creative practice.

The culmination of your undergraduate study provides a focussed period of consolidation and creativity, you will have the opportunity to realise a final major project to demonstrate your specialist knowledge and skills. At the end of the unit, you will have the opportunity to present this project to the public within the context of the annual AUP Summer Shows.
Please note unit details listed above are correct at time of publication and indicative content only. If you have any questions about course content and structure please email<a href="mailto:liaison@aup.ac.uk"> liaison@aup.ac.uk</a>

Our unit structure applies to all of our undergraduate courses and creates a culture that promotes curiosity and creative thinking that extends beyond subject boundaries. Thematic approaches encourage an environment of free-flowing creative learning and opportunities for collaboration. Each unit will be contextualised by the subject specialism, and delivery will manifest uniquely through the specialist lens of each course. 
Browse through the Year One, Two and Three headings to see what you'll cover during the course of this degree. For more detailed information, including the content of each unit, assessment criteria and reading lists, take a look at the full course information within our <a href="https://pca.objects.frb.io/production/files/courses/2023/UG-Course-Specification-Forms-and-Unit-Specification-Forms-2324/BA-Hons-Costume-Production-Unit-Specification-Forms.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Unit Specification Form</a> and our <a href="https://pca.objects.frb.io/production/files/courses/2023/UG-Course-Specification-Forms-and-Unit-Specification-Forms-2324/BA-Hons-Costume-Production-Course-Specification-Form-2023-24.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Course Specification Form</a> documents. To request alternative formats of the full Unit Specification Form, please email <a href="mailto:admissions@aup.ac.uk">admissions@aup.ac.uk</a>.

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