New Project

Deconstruction and Reconstruction 

Today we began our new project. I already knew the title of the project and premiss as I had read the brief so I walked in very excited to get started. While listening to Becca talk about the project at the beginning of the day I wrote down loads of notes and began trying to set myself a theme or come up with an idea for this project. A few words popped out to me and a few came to me.  

The words...

• Frankenstein 
• Clever 
• Ariel (From the little mermaid)
• Aliens 
• Recycling 
• Details 

During the day I made some collages and worked on the mannequin with clothes I had brought in, I tried to use them to create other garments. I must say I absolutely suck at working on the stand. It is fairly clear I am not a designer. However I did really want to give working on the stands another shot because I see the designers always working on them and coming out with these amazing looking pieces. So I stood there pinning my pieces up and was so unimpressed with my results, I think I shall stick to promotion work. I did manage to do at least one look on the stands I was reasonably okay with, I just did not think it was conceptual enough or out of the box. 

As I sat on the train on my way home I was determined to come up with my idea so I could spent the evening researching and developing. For my photoshoot or film I am thinking about the idea of aliens. BUT not aliens how you are probably thinking. Aliens in other countries, so foreigners basically. I was thinking about aliens like space aliens at first and how if they came to earth and deconstructed and had to reconstruct it using only things of earth and humans things they would not know what was what and how it is supposed to be used. I thought trying to portray what they would do would be interesting. But then I began thinking about how when you go to another country you are an alien and have no idea about their culture and customs. My character would be an alien in England who begins to deconstruct the culture they brought with them and reconstruct it with the culture and customs of the English. I feel like this could become an interesting concept if I dive a little deeper. However there is always the possibility that I could change my mind tomorrow.

My next step is to research magazines and decide which one I would want to write a feature for and how I would go about doing that. I need to develop a good solid story to write about and begin that tonight and take it further tomorrow. I am excited for this project. 

My goal is to push one idea till it is completely saturated.