University of the West of England

MODULE SPECIFICATION

(Revised November 2002)

Code: UAMPE6-20-2 Title: Advanced Millinery and Specialist Skills Version: 3

Level: 2 UWE credit rating: 20 ECTS credit rating: 10

Module type: Project

Owning Faculty: Faculty of Creative Arts/ Field: Stage Management

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Faculty Committee Approval: Q & S Committee Date: 7th October 2009 - Approved Chairs action Nov 2009

Valid from: Sept 2009 Discontinued from:

Contributes towards: FdA – Costume for Theatre, TV and Film

Pre-requisites: All Level 1 modules.

Co-requisites: All other modules at this level under this award.

Excluded combinations: Modules included under Awards in Stage Management and Design.

    Learning outcomes:

    On satisfactory completion of this module the student will be able to:

    Knowledge and Understanding

    • Demonstrate a good level of subject specialist knowledge in advanced millinery and other aspects of specialist costume construction;

    • Evaluate the range of specialist skills and contexts that may be required for productions.

    Intellectual Skills

    • Research and originate practical solutions to production problems;

    • Undertake research for period authenticity;

    Subject / Practical Skills

    • Produce professional quality millinery and related accessories;

    • Choose fabrics appropriate for printing and dyeing and achieve the correct effects;

    • Provide dressed wigs and make up for public performance;

    • Undertake costume and related construction tasks using a range of practical options;

    • Work in the production team to produce the requisite items as detailed by the project designer;

    Transferable Skills

    • Make decisions and anticipate solutions to production problems.

    • Work accurately and reliably to budgets and deadlines.

    • Communicate effectively with other departments.

Syllabus outline:

At Level 2 students will be able to take advantage of the many costume requirements of the School’s public performances and choose from a wide range of specialist techniques and required items. Students may at this stage choose to take on more projects relating to their own preferred specialist subjects. Realised work will be used in public performance. Topics usually include millinery, make-up, wigs, corsetry, fall front trousers, ruffs, fabric dyeing and printing. Students work with the designer and are encouraged to research individual projects.

Teaching and learning methods:

Teaching on this module will be through class work with external tutors and the Head of Costume. Students will share information and will increasingly take responsibility for their own learning. Occasionally a project will require the student to use the facilities of another department within the school. This option is available to them and they are able to increase their knowledge in this way. Students' learning is reinforced through seeing items they have created in use during public performance.

Reading Strategy

Students are encouraged to become familiar with the subject area, and texts specific to the module, through reading lists and reference material provided. Lists are updated annually to maintain currency and relevance. Each department holds texts and reference material, as well as the general access provided to the Schools library and access to the Internet. The specifically vocational nature of training and study, combined with the project based nature of learning on the course, may require that students are guided to reading and research material in the first instance by the module leader.

NB: BOVTS students do not have access to UWE Libraries and UWE OnLine

Indicative sources:

Albrizio A

Classic Millinery Techniques : A Complete Guide to Making and Designing Todays Hats Publisher: Lark Books (NC) ISBN: 157990016X   DDC: 646.504   Edition: Hardcover; 1998-03

Bungay M

Tiaras and Hairpins

ISBN: 1844483274; Paperback; 2009-04-01)

Hagen CA

Fabulous Felt Hats

ISBN: 1579905420; Paperback; 2005-08-01)

Henriksen K

Fashion Hats – Design and Make

ISBN: 071368738X; Paperback; 2009-05-29)

Mackenzie A

Hats and Bonnets from Snowshill: One of the Worlds’ Leading Collections of Costume and Accessories of the 18th and 19th Century

special photography by Richard Blakey;

ISBN: 0707803845

Morse-Brown A

Fantastic Feathers

ISBN: 0955024110

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections

www.imdb.com

Bath Costume Museum

Fashion Research Centre, Bath

Bristol Costume Services

Suppliers listed in:

British Performing Arts Yearbook (London: Rhinegold 2001

Contacts (London: The Spotlight 2001)

www.glove.org

www.kipar.demon.co.uk

www.shoesonthenet.com/history.html

www.regencyfashion.org

www.victoriancostume.co.uk

Assessment

This is a Project module with only one component of assessment. This component has only one element of assessment.

In assessing Component A there will be meetings between the student and the relevant tutor at formal assessment points over the course of the module to discuss and record the student's progress judged against the learning outcomes for this module. The result of these assessment points (of which there are normally not more than three) are cumulative in nature and give rise to a final mark/grade at the end of the module.

ATTEMPT 1

First Assessment Opportunity

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1. Advanced Millinery and Specialist Skills – Project 100%

Working to the design brief, produce professional quality millinery for public performance, produce a range of specialist costume items.

Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is required)

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1. Advanced Millinery and Specialist Skills – Project 100%

Working to the design brief, produce professional quality millinery for public performance, produce a range of specialist costume items.

SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT Attendance at taught classes is required.

Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………

(Associate Dean/Programme Director)

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