Clearly in my last post I had promised too much so now that we're heading into September... I can admit it has been both hectic and yet I feel a little more relaxed. Since our final show we've had our graduation, and then that's it! I've received my certificate, and just sweet sweet relief. I moved out way back in June into a new flat in North London with Jonas, and Laura and Chris joined us too, leaving Nottingham behind. Hannah also moved in round the corner to us, so it's great to feel like it is a fresh start, but then again it's more that I get to spend even more time with some of my best friends. As I am the only student in the house now, I've been able to spend a lot of time on my own which has actually becoming really good downtime for me. I've been able to read, and weave, and just calm down from life as a design student, and prepare myself for becoming a design history student. That's not to say I've not stopped working, more that it's working out in my brain what I am capable of, and where I can sit in this funny design world. At the end of the day, I may have disliked the last three years, but that doesn't ever mean I would want to leave it behind forever. As much as I want to scrutinise, analyse and appreciate design as a design historian, there is also such pleasure as thinking and making as a designer, and I will miss printing the most, absolutely. I promise, it won't be stopping any time soon!
So backtracking, I ought to show what I have been doing since even May! There have been some work that I haven't yet revealed...
Early this year, my housemate Pippa had been talking about making a fashion film for her graduate collection, and I was really interested in getting to combine my love for moving image and fashion. Separately I'd been talking to my friend James who was interested in making sets, including for a fashion setting. So we embarked on this super fast turnaround task to make a film called 'End of the Line.' I started storyboarding a couple of weeks before shooting, and roping in a friend from second year Illustration (the lovely Kate!), in about three weeks, James had made the set and we'd shot the film!
The concept was formed from the concept for Pippa's collection, which uses the figure of 'the trainspotter'. We formulated a character for her, and figured out her obsessions and agenda for our two minute film. We wanted a tongue-in-cheek film that was the right balance of cheek, fun and yet had a practical and absurd edge.
I'm really happy with the overall outcome. As the first fashion film I had ever made, I was pleased to find that I could do so much, and the finish was exactly what I wanted. Hopefully I can do more stuff using film, and I have some more ideas and collaborations coming up so fingers crossed they can come to light!
See the film
here.
