Question

Set and Clothing Design Styles: 1970s and Today

Assignment Overview
While costume, set, lighting, and sound designers all have unique responsibilities in a production, they all work together to bring the director’s vision to life. One of the ways in which this is accomplished is by accurately reflecting a particular time in history.

Assignment Directions
In this assignment you are required to watch an episode of the sitcom The Brady Bunch. You can watch it on Hulu.com or Netflix.com, or obtain a copy on DVD from the local library.

Choose two set items or props (e.g. telephone, stove, carpet, beds, painting) from two different rooms (e.g. kitchen, family room, dining area) that reflect the design style of the 1970s. Then select two items of clothing that reflect the design style of the 1970s.

To find out more about design styles, do web searches for the specific items such as “clothing fashion design 1970s,” “telephone designs 1970s,” or “stove designs 1970s.”

Submission Requirements
In a presentation of 10-12 slides, display images of the 1970s styles you selected. Compare them with images of styles you would use as a costume and set designer for a new The Brady Bunch show set in the 2010s. Be sure to list the sources for the images you use.

In a separate slide, identify the season number, the episode name and number, and the year of the episode you watched. Include a list of references you used to learn more about each of the four set items or props you have selected as reflective of the 1970s style of design.

Answer 1

For your presentation, you will need to watch an episode of The Brady Bunch, and choose two set items or props and two pieces of clothing that reflect the design style of the 1970s. You can watch the episode on Hulu or Netflix, or obtain a copy from the local library.

To find out more about the design styles of the 1970s, you can do web searches for specific items such as "clothing fashion design 1970s," "telephone designs 1970s," or "stove designs 1970s." Use these searches to gather images of 1970s design styles for your presentation.

Then, compare these 1970s styles with images of styles you would use as a costume and set designer for a new The Brady Bunch show set in the 2010s. Be sure to list the sources for the images you use.

In a separate slide, include the season number, episode name and number, and year of the episode you watched. Also include a list of references you used to learn more about each of the four set items or props you have selected as reflective of the 1970s style of design.

In summary, your presentation should have:

Images of 1970s design styles for the two set items or props and two pieces of clothing you selected.

Images of 2010s design styles for the same set items or props and clothing, to be used as a comparison.

A slide with the episode information and list of references used for research.

Total slides should be around 10-12.

Gigachad

Uday Tahlan