Reflections on how the better lives themes have influenced your project outcome and your personal development : Navigating through clothing:
I chose navigating through clothing for better lives workshop and I am deeply satisfied with this (costume design) course. Now I am currently in fashion styling and production course to be a stylist but I would like to call my future career as an image maker. As an Image maker I want to show a story through images or videos with using fashion as method.
When I have a shoot for my personal work, designer friends work or fashion brand I usually like to add some storylines. Or at least write a main sentence for it. When I put a story line for fashion shoot I can feel that image qualities are being upgraded. It’s because story lines make big synergy with garments and sometimes it touches consumers’ heart. To create a storyline I have to characterised a character(model) and have to guess what do they like to do, how do they gonna wear clothes, and what kind of attitude do they go to show through images or videos.
During my 2nd class with Jessica, we characterised a real life person. Jessica gave us life-style portrait images and asked us to imagine their name, age, job, favourite music, and secrets. I have got a young male portrait photo who looks like very artistic and calm. I named him as Aidan shore who is 31 years old, life style magazine editor, like to listen old French pop music, love to wear womenswear and stole some garments form his sister. We also did re-characterised a fiction ‘Hansel and Gretel story’. I was especially attracted to the role of Hansel and Gretel’s stepmother. It’s because every time when I watched a movie or series I truly believe that all villain have a hidden story. To re-create a character Jessica gave me some tips. Think about 1.how do they describe themselves, 2, how others describe them, and how story tell who they are. So she was reborn as a woman with hidden children by me. Thus to show her grief I would like to dress her up with deep purple tutu, velvet black cape and various rings. It might sounds like I justified her misdeed, but the beauty of costume design is I can show new characters by fashion.
Like these kind of activities, we experienced how to make a character with various elements.
These taught me a precious and fresh lesson which I can adapt to my shoot storylines. And also can show characters’ personalities with proper creative objects.