Continuity, fittings, tests & multiples · Specialist
Costume breakdown
Also called: breakdown
ELI5
The planned ageing, wear, dirt or damage applied to clothing for story and continuity.
Used in conversation
“Let’s include the costume breakdown in the next design review.”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Costume breakdown” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.
Connected terms
- Casting breakdownThe search label “breakdown” can route to both entries.
- Script breakdownThe search label “breakdown” can route to both entries.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14