4 November
Today was the first day of fashion communication, I'm very excited to finally be in a specialist course that appeals to my specific interests and I'm going to be able to truly embrace what I'm good at and enjoy my work more. I learned a lot about myself in diagnostic but I am happy to have some more time with my work as opposed to the quick turnover of workshops as we had in diagnostic.
We started a new project today and I'm a bit confused. Its not necessarily fashion communication based but more centered around communication design in general. I need to be less focused on singular subjects such as fashion and should be more open minded to other fields of art as it can help my work and enable it to not be too homogeneous. I'm going to try and be sure that I don't center this project around fashion as so I can add this project to my portfolio and display my breadth of skills and thinking that aren't always relying on the crutch of fashion
5 November
We had a progress tutorial today and got really great feedback for our project. Its truly a testament to my ideas, I need to trust myself more and second guess less, because when I trust my thinking/ideas, I receive great feedback and produce great outcomes. I'm going to remember this going forward
Maya and I printed our cardboard cutout photos today. It required a lot of logistical planning regarding the sizing and printing but we made sure we left no stone unturned. It is very beneficial to take your time and observe everything with a fine toothed comb, when I rush I create low quality, rushed outcomes. Since we were so careful with our printing etc. The final photos came out perfectly and look incredible.
7 November
Today was challenging to say the least. We went to stage our interaction and there were a lot of bumps in the road to say the least. The cardboard cut outs we made were super bulky to carry, and with the background stands, chair, and hanging materials, it was nearly impossible for us to comfortably get to Trafalgler Square to shoot, and we were turned away because we did not request a permit to shoot. We moved to another location but the wind was so strong and our set was so light, it fell over constantly. We moved to Leicester Square to avoid the wind but by the time we set up, the sun had set and we couldn't use natural light as we planned (thankfully we had a flash camera). Finally, people were not as willing to participate in our interaction as I thought they would. We originally aimed for 10 photos of people in our interaction but barely were able to get 5.
In the end, this a testament to logistical planning. If we had thought through the actual gears of our set etc. we would've seen potential factors that would go wrong. If the set wasn't as flimsy then we could've stayed above Trafalgler Square where people where more willing to participate. But since we rushed the set as so we could shoot on Thursday bc Friday is supposed to rain and Maya isn't free Saturday, the whole photoshoot was a mess. I did not listen to the advice I gave myself about not rushing as I did regarding the printing and I paid the price for it. Again, RUSHED PLANNING CREATES RUSHED WORK WHICH IS BAD QUALITY