Coming back to this blog after a break. Lots to catch up on - The Unit 1 submission has been and gone, handed the film in on the 4th December.
Putting the film together was a mission, with lots of draughts and fresh starts. It was interesting to figure out how to tell the story of my work in a way that it made sense not only to the audience, but to me too. It was enourmously The feedback from the people I have shown it to has been generally positive apart from one friend saying that I appeared a bit stiff :-) TBH, This is exactly what I felt when looking at myself talking. I found it hard to be relaxed in front of the camera, and it didn't help that I lost a front tooth right in the middle of recording the video, so I was trying to not open my mouth too much when I was speaking, contributing to my stiffness. My first draught was a bit more of a 'documentary', but after feedback from Marsha I had to take a different approach as it just wasnt putitng things in context enough. So I took the approach to look at the symbols that I have grown up around and tie them together in my work, which (I think) provided the necessary CoMPLEXITY CONTEXT CONNECTIVITY Some of my peers were confused about my first draught, the second did much better. I liked everyone's work, I love how people manage to really focus on small things to cotemplate. I seem to be a little bit more aboout broad strokes, but may be I need to step back and slow down a bit. (this was more feedback from Marsha) Needed to condiser SYSTEMS THINKING - for this project + going forward - systems help see the bigger picture Systems I focused on : Language + Fashion/clothing - how they are ifluenced by similar factors, such as society, politics, economies, etc., and are not static but are in constant motion, as are the systems that influence them. Fashion as a Language, the written and the visual language , how do they influence each other - food for thought, Systems thinkng - how are they influenced by other systems like - society, economy, media, technology etc. Interview with Khloe 04/01/25 Did general questions then interview questions, failure with doing a full recording of our teams meeting transcription hassle enjoyed doing the editing of text, used written answers + transcript would like to make a good layout for it on in design, and use some of the images Khloe sent me did teams meeting and answered questions online, then combined the two, added pics that Khloe sent
REFLECTION On reflection, my interview could have centered more on Khloe and her experiences/work, rather than filtering it though my own interests like clothing and fashion. Try to be more collaborative with it, and take a step back from controlling the narrative.