Category Archives: Diablo Valley College

Rigging Onstage Instant Costume Changes for Magical Effects

Costume College 2016, 7/30/2016 Woodland Hills, California  and KCACTF Region VII Conference, 2/16/16 Denver, Colorado

New and improved Costume College 2016 version Rigging Onstage Instant Costume Changes Class Handout  Rigging Costume Change Handout CoCo2016

New and lengthened Costume College 2016 PDF of PowerPoint Presentation of Onstage Magic Costume Changes

KCACTF version of PDF of Lecture Note Handout for: Rigging Onstage Instant Costume Changes for Magical Effects

KCACTF version of PDF of Drawings and Diagrams of Quick Release Rigging 4 Costumes

KCACTF version Powerpoint Presentation of Onstage Magic Costume Changes

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Video of this costume demonstrated at the KCACTF Region 7 conference 

 

A video of an early failed test of the Cinderella Quick Change costume being worn by Dylan O’Connor back in October 2015

 

Another Failed test at 1st dress rehearsal, done in slow motion for study of what went wrong

 

Video of two Costumes from Variations on the Death of Trotsky demonstrated at the KCACTF Region 7 Conference

 

Clip of the Witch’s Quick Change from Into the Woods at the KCACTF Region 7 conference

 

Playlist of Onstage Magic Costume Change YouTube clips

 

Pinterest Board with Onstage Costume Change Clips, including some from the CoCo2016 Lecture

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Photographing Portfolio- Worthy Makeup Shots in a Badly Lit Basement

Presented at the KCACTF Region VII Conference 2/15/16 in Denver Colorado

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Powerpoint PDF: Photographing Your Makeup Class

Handout PDF: Makeup Photos How To

Updated version for students on Youtube!

 A longer version with content for teachers of classes of all sorts, not only makeup, made for a DVC Faculty Development Workshop:

 

Into The Woods, Diablo Valley College, 2015, Costumes by Tara Maginnis

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For more on all the costume transformations in this show go to Rigging Onstage Instant Costume Changes for Magical Effects 

The Show Commercial!

Review: “Into the Woods” Casts a Spell

More Production Archive Photos on the DVC Drama Site

Hamlet, Diablo Valley College, 2014, Costume Designs by Tara Maginnis

1524880_10202580252368751_98846026_n  As you can tell from this poster, our director, Nichole Hess-Diestler asked the designers to set this play in South Carolina, c. 1881.  We went full Southern Gothic, and most of the action took place in a country plantation/estate garden, with a decaying Gazebo on stage right, and a small family cemetery at stage left.  Just a few scenes were interiors.   Most of the cast was to wear white, beige and grey, with the exceptions of Hamlet, (and later Laertes) in black, and the players in bright colors.  My “Renderings” were in fact research collages, since most of the show was to be pulled and thrifted from bits and pieces:

Publicity & Archive Photos by Ed Trujillo:

Photos I took backstage and from the wings at a student matinee, mostly showing the two built from scratch costumes for Ophelia & Gertrude.  Ophelia’s dress can convert from day dress to evening dress with the removal of her under shirt.  Ophelia’s mad scenes happen in increasingly dirty underwear:

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Zombie Prom, 2013, Diablo Valley College, Costume Designs by Tara Maginnis

Zombie Prom is a resolutely silly boy meets girl musical comedy set in a High School next to an Atomic Power Plant.  Because of this, we painted & trimmed the costumes with UV material, to make the cast glow, during scene changes and key scenes, then we added light up elements to costumes in the Atomic Prom finale just for extra goofyness. 

Commercial for Zombie Prom at DVC on Youtube:

 

 Slide Show of Zombie Prom Preview Night Photo Album at Shutterfly

Free Doll House Book printie of the costume designs!  Make your very own miniature costume library from the 50+ free printies I made for you here at the My Free Dollhouse Book Printie Page.

Free Printable Miniature Books for Dollhouses #37 : Costume Designs for Zombie Prom by Tara Maginnis
  Free Printable Miniature Books for Dollhouses #37 : Costume Designs for Zombie Prom by Tara Maginnis

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Drama 112 Stage Makeup, Spring & Fall, Diablo Valley College, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

All my Theatrical Makeup Design Interactive Class Videos are now free for download on YouTube for your online classes to use!

See a Mirror of All Of My Canvas Class Pages of Drama 112 Makeup Class Here:

Stage Makeup Class Canvas Pages:

Tara Maginnis Classes Shutterfly Photo Pages of 8 years of projects of all my makeup class students who OK’d being online.  They are amazing. Check them out!

A small sample of what students are taught to do in this class:

 

 

 

 

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Drama 113 Costume Design, Spring, Diablo Valley College, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

Lisa M took her Sp 2017 Final Projects to Fanime 2016 and won best in journeyman (intermediate) division at the Fanime Masquerade!

Tara’s Costume & Makeup Class Photo Pages!

Final Project, two Shirt Conversion projects and two Mini Top hat projects, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

Assorted handouts and projects over the years:

Some Videos from class:

 

Sp2017 Makes Paper Dresses for Day One

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Paper Costume Project ,Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis
Paper Costume Project ,Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

Paper Costume Project ,Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis
Paper Costume Project ,Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

Paper Costume Project ,Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis
Paper Costume Project ,Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

A Witch and Mermaid Final Project, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis
A Witch and Mermaid Final Project, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

Final Project, two Shirt Conversion projects and two Mini Top hat projects, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis
Final Project, two Shirt Conversion projects and two Mini Top hat projects, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

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Final Project, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

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Final Project, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

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Mask Project, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

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Claw, Mask, and Horns Projects, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

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Pool noodle Claws Project, Spring 2015, Costume Design Class, Drama 113, Instructor: Tara Maginnis

 

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