Video

Putting the video on youtube has reduced the quality of the images and is slightly blurry, so this is the same final video but this one is straight from imovie so it's slightly better quality.

Final Evaluation

Red Riding Hood is the one of the most popular children’s book’s but in this project she takes on a different look and character. In the original tale Red Riding Hood dies, I asked the question why? Only evil and bad characters die in children’s books don’t they? Also the illustrations from the original books were dark and quite ugly, this brought me to the idea that red riding hood is the evil character and she had a darker side which isn’t shown in the later, sugar coated versions. This led my project into a whole new interesting path of dark Red Riding.
Initially at the beginning of the project I was looking into the prettier side more traditional view of Red Riding Hood. However, after a tutorial and much more research my idea changed to the darker view. I’m glad I changed direction; it was much more interesting to look into and experiment with, than going with the traditional look which I have come to realise has been really over done. My view is different and has much more depth to it than the superficial view of her.
Also after receiving my pictures from my photographer the story sort of took a back seat and the imagery of the shoot took over, as I feel I got some really strong imagery. I was extremely happy with the photographs I got from the day. I wasn’t sure how the ripping of the dress and the adding of fur would look however I feel it turned out really well and I think the fur element is really interesting. Overall I feel me and my photographer worked really well together, he understood the look I was going for and so we were working on the same page, which is the most important thing when working with other people.
Mainly I am the least happy with my video. Throughout the project I was trying to find different ways to show my photo shoot as a video. I found it really hard to come up with an interesting way of doing this, with just still imagery. What I did in the end was what I felt was most appropriate for what I did and what I want to do in the future. Styling for magazine is what I want to do, however it was interesting to experiment with alternative forms of media and I have gained some basic imovie skills from this unit.

Philosophy

This project was partly about finding our personal philosophy as a designer. I feel that through this project I have realised I have a clear style of styling which I can see from other styling projects I’ve done. However I don’t feel I can define my personal philosophy just yet. My styling is very clean cut and simple, non fussy styling, I don’t like too many accessories or props. I’ve also found I tend to steer towards more reinvention of a look rather than creating a whole new idea. Also I like having a story behind the final outcome, I feel it gives it more depth and is more imaginative, not necessary a pre existing story but any made up story behind the outcome. However defining my philosophy, what I want my styling to achieve or show, is something that I feel I am too inexperienced in areas of the fashion indusstry to define. Hopefully it will be something that will come to me through doing more projects and getting more work experience.

Final Spread

Here are my images as I would want them to look in a magazine. The title letter R was one I did myself. I did ask a graphic designer to come up with something but I didn't really like what she came up with, so I decided to go with this letter instead as it is interesting and detailed which is what I was looking for.

Final Video

After many attempts and lots of angry abuse at imovie, I have finally finished my final video. As basic as it is, it shows what I want it to show, which is the imagery. I have purposely designed the video to move like someone looking through a magazine, this is because I want to style for magazines in the future.

StoryBoard

Colours and Textures

Mood Board

Final Video Take 1

Below is a link to my first attempt at a final video. It needs some work with timings and titles etc but overall it is useful in helping me realise what needs to be improved. I haven't got quite the look I wanted due to the limitations of imovie however its close to what I was hoping for. After seeing other peoples video I'm a bit worried at how basic mine is in comparison, however I think I have got some really strong images, so I'm hoping this compensates for the none technical aspect of my video. See this version here.

Changes:

1. Make slides last slightly longer - too quick
2. Make pictures change in time with music
3. Better ending, make it not so abrupt
4. Have better zoomed in areas
5. Add title and possibly credits at the end

Final Photos