The Change in Strategy

I was told by my kind tutors that i have a strong love towards the Technology in Fabrics. So, I should design some technical wear like Garments for Army, Space etc. But after the Group tutorials i found out that i was loosing the essence of design by making these kind of garments, which would be really obvious. I had contradicted my self by talking about laziness before, without any sound research. So i Wanted to start the whole process again to develop a meaningful collection with proper direction...

The result and feedback of my Academic tutorial is shown below...

So to start Again, i had to find an inspiration.

I did a project on Live Broadcast of A Virtual Game show, in which I designed sets, costumes, styling, graphics, story boards and also acted in it. I was a success act and projected my love towards the TV and filmmaking. The story boarding and a story visualization, seemed as an awesome way of showing what is inside my mind, rather than taking a normal inspiration or muse as everyone does.

other than that i saw a short film clip created by Fashion Designer Alexander McQueen, which he used as an inspiration for his fashion Collection...

Filmmaking is a beautiful process, which helps to visualize a state of mind through moving visuals and actions; so, I wanted to use it as a source of my inspiration of my fashion collection. A film is an art form in itself and has inspired many generations of famous designers to derive collections out of them. It is a complicated, yet a better source of information, derived from our lives or the fantasies we hallucinate. I wanted to develop a film on an issue or a teaching, yet keeping it extra ordinarily visually appealing. I wanted to create a wow factor in it for the viewer and not just another short film. I wanted my inspiration to be dreamy and graphical to help me derive some important keywords for the collection later.

So, I researched the process of filmmaking and found that it includes large number of team members, and a lot of money.

To understand the film making process i went through some film making books which gave me all the right information like..

Worthington, Charlotte, Producing: filmmaking / by Charlotte Worthington (2009) is an interesting book about the basic knowledge about producing and initiating a proper or a short film.

So, out of that, i found out the main person needed for the film, who could help me out was the Director. I met Mr. Alan Gardner, and discussed about the script. To start writing the script i refered this book to understand how the formal script is written.

Trottier, David, Screenwriter’s Bible (2005), screenwriting primer that provides a concise presentation of screenwriting basics.

While writing the script i thought that i wanted to make something related to victorian era. So, i researched many websites and books to understand the particular period. One of the books i read was

Johnston, Lucy, Nineteenth century fashion in detail (2006), detailed book on Late Victorian Fashion and change of silhouettes, LCF

We completed the script and started looking for team required, apparatus and all the props we needed. the Research for all of these came from earlier shown books.