Costume Design

Costume Design plays an essential role in the realisation of various creative industries from Theatre, Film, TV to events, festivals, Performance and Dance. We'll prepare you to enter the costume industry as an experienced designer and maker through our BA Hons Costume Design Course at the University of Salford.

You'll learn from industry specialists within fully equipped studios and workshops. You'll have the support of a staff team with expertise in designing and creating for Theatre, Film, TV and events from the world of costume and whose own work includes the Star Wars trilogy, Dangerous Liaisons, Coronation Street, and Peaky Blinders.

Studying with us in Greater Manchester means that you'll be surrounded by Theatres, TV and Film production studios, including the BBC and Channel 4 – both located at the world-famous MediaCity. The region also provides a wide array of Music and Events venues and organisations. Our university includes the New Adelphi theatre and state-of-the-art performance spaces that allow you to collaborate with students from our courses in Dance and Performance.

From the first year of this Costume Design degree course, you'll learn how costume designers deliver briefs by mirroring industry practice. You'll analyse, interpret, and learn how to apply research skills to generate creative concepts for characters and develop creative ideas from production scripts used for on-screen and live productions. Our students have previously worked on live briefs with the Sun and Moon Theatre Company in Shanghai, China; Flux Moving Science; and Bolton Little Theatre.

In the second year of the Costume Design course, we support you to engage with Work placements to gain essential experience of live events and media productions. In your final year, you’ll have developed the skills and knowledge to enable you the potential to move successfully into professional environments such as live theatre, film/ television, festivals, dance, and light entertainment.

Our current students have worked on Sky Atlantic's Intergalactic series, Andy and the Band for BBC's CBBs, and the production of Gypsy at Manchester's prestigious Royal Exchange Theatre.

You will:

• Develop the skills you need to work in costume and wardrobe supervision, music video design and styling, and museums and heritage events.

• Learn how to analyse and interpret scripts to design costumes that align with characters and their stories.

• Learn practical skills in costume design, as well as get to grips with the history and culture surrounding this craft.

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Year one

• Design Principles
• Production Skills and Processes for Costume
• Costume Design for Script
• Exploring Creative Contexts: Costume Design
• Establishing Professional Practice: Costume Design
• Design Communication and Realisation

Year two

• Costume Design for Film and TV Production
• Costume Design for Theatre
• Developing Professional Practice for Costume Design
• Design in Practice
• Responding to Creative Contexts: Costume Design

Year three

• Costume for Live Performance
• Research Methods for Costume Design
• Applied Professional Practice for Costume Design
• Negotiated Major Project
• Independent Research Project

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Assessments are an important part of your costume design degree at University of Salford. They will give you a better understanding of your progress and any areas that you need to focus on. You’ll take part in a variety of assessments, including coursework, presentations, essays and a dissertation.