Instructional Video4:56
Five Thousand Years

Hanfu, Kimono, and Hidden Messages in Game of Thrones’ Costume Design

9th - 12th
It's been hiding in plain sight all this time!



According to Game of Thrones’ costume designer Michele Clapton, even though the show itself is a fantasy work, she took inspiration for costume designs from all over the...
Instructional Video4:49
National Theatre

Medea's Dress: Making Blood and Mud

9th - 12th
Dyer and Textile Artist Rosie Maccurrach demonstrates using dye in costume design, as used for Medea's bloodied and mud-stained dress, worn by Helen McCrory in the final scenes of the 2014 production.
Instructional Video2:53
National Theatre

The Exciting Process of Devising Theatre: Behind the Scenes of Jane Eyre

9th - 12th
This video features a teacher discussing the process of devising theater, where the actors collectively create a performance without a script. They explain the physical and verbal language used to bring characters to life and the...
Instructional Video2:01
National Theatre

How to Make a Wig: Adding Lace to the Foundation

9th - 12th
How to Make a Wig part 2/3: In this video wig-maker Leanne Lashbrook shows how to add lace to a head mould, in preparation for knotting in the individual strands of hair that make up the wig.
Instructional Video2:15
National Theatre

How to Make a Wig: Knotting Hair and Fitting a Wig

9th - 12th
How to Make a Wig part 3/3: The final stage of making a wig is adding the hair. The National Theatre's Wigs, Hair and Make-up department knot each individual strand of hair into their bespoke wigs.
Instructional Video2:14
National Theatre

How to Make a Wig: Making the Foundation

9th - 12th
How to Make a Wig part 1/3: Master wig-maker Leanne Lashbrook from our Wigs, Hair and Makeup department shows step-by-step instructions for how to make a wig. In this episode: making the base for the wig.
Instructional Video2:51
National Theatre

How to Do a Costume Quick Change

9th - 12th
What does it take to be a dresser in the theatre? Quick changes happen backstage at the theatre when an actor comes off stage from one scene and then quickly has to go back on stage for the next scene in a different costume. Watch some...
Instructional Video8:46
Crash Course

Designing the World of Film

8th - 12th Standards
Some jobs in film production are more obvious than others. The director directs, the cinematographer films, and the special effects people create those tricky effects. But who designs the mise-en-scene, who structures the set, and who...
Instructional Video
TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Production Diary 6 Richard Ii (2013) Costumes

9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this video clip, Alistair McArthur, Royal Shakespeare Company head of costume, shows the process of making costumes for Richard II including design, fittings, sleeve adjustments, velvet breastplates...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Costumes

9th - 10th
This video is an overview of the process Imagineers at Disney go through to design costumes for characters and workers. [5:26]