Re: [h-cost] DESIGNER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

2008-04-12 Thread LLOYD MITCHELL
Been there and done that. A worse scean is when the costumes get voted on by the Mother's Aux. for the production...and the Director accepts their critique as the standard. Or the whole cast gets to decide which costumes make the cut. Between the movies and the major two Costume companies, the

Re: [h-cost] DESIGNER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

2008-04-12 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
My latest problem was on the other end. Since I both direct and "do" costumes, I am accustomed as a director to work closely with my costume designer, as I would hope a director would do with me. And I have worked with the same costume designer for most of my productions. At the beginning of

Re: [h-cost] DESIGNER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

2008-04-12 Thread Chris Laning
These experiences suggest that both designers and directors would be happier in the end if, whatever the expectations are, they were *written down* and agreed on ahead of time. A designer might not be completely happy, but both designer and director might be far less *stressed* to know ahead

Re: [h-cost] DESIGNER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

2008-04-12 Thread Jean Waddie
Chris Laning wrote: > These experiences suggest that both designers and directors would be > happier in the end if, whatever the expectations are, they were > *written down* and agreed on ahead of time. I absolutely agree. My husband and a group of friends build sets for amateur theatre, so I

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-12 Thread Jean Waddie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 4/4/2008 8:30:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be > to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this? > > > > **