These
are my main aims I created for my project as listed in my FMP plan:
•
Look at fashion history from the perspective of the working class
•
Produce a collection of photographs
•
Get a better understanding of the history of the 20th century
My
final outcome was a hardback book called Lost and Found; it was a collection of
photographs I took, which are presented as found photographs from the 20th
century. I feel I have moved on a lot from my original proposal as I
planned to focus on fashion history and ended up focusing on how
we present ourselves in photography. I feel like I made a lot of progress
throughout this project, and my photography
skills definitely improved as the shoots went on.
I used
3 methods of recording my project, my blog, my tumblr and my sketchbook, these
all were vital in keeping my ideas together and helping me progress, by using
my blog I could plan what I had to do next week so I was always prepared, and
my being self critical on my blog I could see where my weaknesses were so I could
work on them in the following weeks. I normally do not like sketchbooks
but I feel like they were a very important part of this project as it
fitted in with my theme well. I really like how my sketchbook turned out and
the planning section does have a more scrap book feel but that is what I wanted
to show how I planned each shoot and how I was inspired by certain images from
my family.
My
targets from my FMP Plan were:
1. Complete all
research for end of week 2
2. Complete all
planning and organising of shoots by end of week 4
3. Have all shoots
done and book sent off to the printers, with 2 weeks to the deadline (so I can
have it made and sent to me in time)
Reviewing
my targets:
1. I did have a lot
of my research complete by the end of week 2, however I feel like research
is an ongoing thing throughout a project, so I was still researching in week
6.
2. I had completed my
planning by the end of week 4, and I had got most of my outfits put together
earlier than that.
3. I did have all my
shoots completed on time and it was sent to the printers with time to spare so
I received it a week earlier than I had originally planned, this then
gave me the chance to look at the branding side of my book.
Overall
I am very happy with how my FMP turned out, the book is a lot better than I
expected it to be and it looks very professional, which is what I wanted. The
biggest development was how it changed from fashion history to being focused on
photography, this was hard for me as photography is not my strongest skill,
involving the use of film photography was even more complicated as I normally
use digital but I am very happy that I chose to use film as it was a great
learning opportunity to learn about vintage cameras and how they worked. I used
5 cameras in total:
Kodak
66 model 3 - 120mm film
Halina
3000 - 35mm film
Polaroid
600 - 600 Polaroid film
Basic
disposable camera - 35mm film
Canon
600D - digital
All of
these cameras, apart from the digital was a camera I purchased for the project,
I did a lot of research into cameras and which ones came from different eras
and which ones used film I could still easily purchase and get developed.
At
the beginning of the project, I planned to use entirely digital
images, this changed in my first group review, where we discussed the
idea of using film cameras this was the best advice as it gave my
project more believable images and dated them with out editing. In a
one to one tutorial is where I got the idea for using a tumblr for my research,
as it was an easier way for me to get all my research done, but not to clutter
up a sketchbook with a lot of imagery. Later on in the project is when in a one
to one tutorial the idea of branding my book came up, this opened up a whole
new area for me to look at and is something I am interested in, it meant I
could do a whole new lot of research but in a marketing aspect, as to where I
would sell my book and the current competition on the market.
There
are a lot of things I will take away from this project, I will firstly learn to
look at ideas from different perspectives to give my work a more rounded
finish, I had not considered branding, but this added more to my project.
I will also like to improve on keeping myself calm during projects as I got
myself very worked up and this made some weeks
progress significantly less than others as I was worrying and not
doing the work.
I have
learnt a lot of photography skills, meaning I am able to take better
photography in general, which will be very helpful on my degree course and then
in later life. Another skill I learnt was a lot more knowledge of the
20th century from different points of views and perspectives, this was through
research and talking to family members.
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