CAFTCAD Online Workshops
June 21, 2020
- July 9, 2020
1:00AM - 11:00PM
1:00AM - 11:00PM
CAFTCAD has announced their new lineup of summer CAFTCADEMY online courses!
Each course will be offered via Zoom with the ability for participants to submit questions in real time for the instructor to expand on.
For all inquires, please contact CAFTCAD directly.
Please see below for full course descriptions:
CAFTCADEMY 101: The Workroom - Special Effects and Speciality Builds
Date: Sunday, June 21st, 2020
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm EDT
This module walks you through the intricate world of special effects costuming and speciality builds for film and television productions. As an introductory course, the instructors will give a broad overview of the role and some of the responsibilities of a specialty costumer. Different from most other costuming roles, this role requires specific specialize skills, hands-on experience and apprenticeship, and the ability to grasp the creative concept from the costume designer to transform and craft it into a real life creation.
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CAFTCADEMY 101: The Workroom - Breakdown & Dying
Date: Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm EDT
This module walks you through the intricate world of costume breakdown and dying in the costume workroom. As an introductory course, the instructor will give a broad overview of the role and some of the responsibilities of a breakdown artist or dyer with an emphasis on safety in the workplace. The course will also explain the best tools and supplies recommended for a variety of jobs, looks, and purposes and how to best use them.
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CAFTCADEMY 101: The Workroom - Cutting, Tailoring, and Stitching
Date: Monday, June 29th, 2020
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm EDT
Within the Costume Department, the workroom plays a key role - this is where all the costumes will manifest from concept into clothing for each character. While there are many costumes that are bought or rented, those pieces still have to be fitted, tweaked/transformed into the collaborative vision of the Costume Designer, Director and Actor. The workroom can be as small as one person who cuts and sews or as big as a team of four cutters with several sewers/technicians.
This module walks you through the intricate world of constructing costumes from the ground up while covering the hands-on roles of cutter, tailor, and stitcher. These roles are responsible for constructing costumes, whether contemporary or period, from scratch to match the costume designers artistic vision and the shows aesthetic. This aspect of the workroom is really how costumes get made, not bought, for certain productions.
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CAFTCADEMY 101: Costume Supervisor/Coordinator
Date: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm EDT
This module walks you through an introduction into the roles and responsibilities of the Costume Supervisor/Coordinator in relation to the larger Costume Department. The Costume Supervisor works with the Costume Designer and the Assistant Designer to organize and supervise the Costume Department. There are many parts to the job, and many overlap with the Assistant Costume Designer, some of them are: script breakdown, setting up the work space, budget, schedule, communication, and finances.
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CAFTCADEMY 101: Commercial & Print Styling
Date: Monday, July 6th, 2020
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm EDT
This module walks you through an introduction into the world of styling for commercial and print projects and how that differs from costume design work. The Fashion Stylist is part of a creative team assembled by the client and is hired to select clothing, shoes, accessories and create a particular look or theme for a specific project, commercial, video or print campaign. They may also provide services like personal shopping, styling celebrities and being an image and colour consultant, all at the same time. The stylist has an excellent sense of the styles of yesterday, today and tomorrow, and buys, borrows, rents, lends and begs for clothing and accessories to build looks to present to the client.
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CAFTCADEMY 200: Working with Rental Houses
Date: Thursday, July 9th, 2020
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm EDT
Need a crash course on the ins and outs of working with a rental house for all your Costume Department needs? How do you scope out the best one? What are the general rules of thumb?
This course will give you an overview of working with a rental house who cater to the world of costuming for film and television. This information will be crucial while working on small and large scale productions, with tight timelines, specific needs, and finding one-of-a-kind pieces necessary for the Costume Designer's vision.
To register and purchase your ticket CLICK HERE
As a reminder, Members are eligible to apply for a reimbursement (of up to 50%) for this training by submitting your receipt to your Training Coordinator, Amber Munro.
Please note that you may experience a delay in training reimbursements due to the office closure.
If you have questions about any of the courses please email: learning@caftcad.com