Tutorial with Geri

So wehad our first tutorial today it went really well. Geraldine though the concept went well with the designer ect. she like my little mood boards as a starting point.The more Claire had researched into Noki the more she is coming around to the idea of trannys. We also had a little talk with Piersy cos he designed the hats for some of the collections, we wanted to ask if we could borrow some of the hats and he agreed, he also gave us Nokis email and address so we can get intouch with him and ask to maby borrow the clothes, which if we pull it off will be totally amazing. However if not claire is a ex-fashion design student so im sure she can conjure up some similar outfit for the vid. So were basically discussing story lines for the actual video now, were thinking Amazonian black women tall broad scary and trannys as models, dressed head to toe in the wacky Noki style, maby put in normal everyday situations like waiting for the bus, or doing the shopping something like that. Heres a little example i knocked up:

Geraldine suggested toddlers with masks on beating up a dog...so we kind of taken that idea and changed it a bit for our other idea. Again the Amazonian women and tranny dressed to the nines in a large circle beating something up or doing something t a center point, i dont know we have to work with it. Anyway thats were we are so far.

Research - Brainstorm

So me and Clairey needed to get on the same page, so we sat down and did a brain storm, i thought it was gonna go to shit cos she made it very clear she didnt like the tranny, party idea. She thinks it too obvious and cheesy and i have to say i do agree, although it would be fun. We decided we need to think outside the box, come up with something really original, but still fun. We talked about different types of rebellion, the law, politics, terrorists, but i didnt like these ideas, i dont wan tot go down the controversial route, making a political point, i dont want to go as deep as that because sometime i think you can get too bogged down with the message and not look at the big picture.

We then started to talk about social rebellion, and identity rebellion. For example punks, decided to go against 'typical' fashion of the time and be rebels. We also talked about how people change themselves. Identity rebellion. Going against what ur natural assets for example getting plastic surgery or having anorexia, the need to change the way u look. This then brought us back to Noki and how his identity is a supposed mystery, how he hides his face and doesnt want to be seen, as well as his collections, the masks ect so the models cant be recognized. and so in the end we kind of came up with this as a starting point:

'' rebelling against your own identity''

As of yet were not sure how we want to represent this in a film format, but this is our concept starting point.

After this we decided to have a little lookey at last years film...to be honest they were all pretty shit apart from the one i was in. What they helped us realize was how we dont want our film to look.

All the films either had:

• black and white balloons in them (someone asked if they were sponsored by a balloon company)
• a seriously dark and ominous feel
• some kind of dream sequence
• alot of black
• and over all amateur cheeze.

These are all thing we do not want to include in our vidio for defenate !!!!!

Exactly what is REBELLIOUS?

What first comes into your mind when you first hear the word rebellious

• Naughty
• Illegal
• Reckless
• Young
• Against Expectations.

Well iv decided to do some research into the word, here is what the Dictionary has to say:

re⋅bel⋅lious

  [ri-bel-yuhs]

–adjective

1.	defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.

2.	pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion.

3.	(of things) resisting treatment; refractory.

Origin:
1400–50; rebelli(ō) rebellion + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:

re⋅bel⋅lious⋅ly, adverb

re⋅bel⋅lious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. defiant, insurgent, mutinous, seditious, rebel, refractory, disobedient, contumacious.

Related Words for : rebellious

disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent,rebel, rebelling

Here is what Wikkapedia have to say:

Rebellious means:

• defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.

• pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion.

• (of things) resisting treatment; refractory.

Here is what i have to say in relation to the designer:

I think rebellion goes really well with our designer, because his designs are quite out there, breaking tradition. He doesnt make garments, well he does but out of other garments, not from scratch using patters, which some in the fashion industry would consider very rebellious.

Here is what i have to say in relation to the short film:

I think our concept is going to have to heavily play on this, my first idea is crazy wearhouse, illegal rave, or maby a disused theater, were there is a crazy part of tranny having an avent garde time. This would be rebellious in the way that tranny's are rebelling against gender and society and also the breaking in of the location. Lots of glitter and bright colours and just all around crazyness. Claire does no like this idea :(

Moodies

So i was bored today, and i decided to make a couple of little moodboards to display what i think Noki is all about, Fun, Bold, clashing, crazy, avent garde, cartoonlike, japanes influenced, street all those things i tryed to include in my little boards. These are also the things id like to find some way of including into the vid.

NOKI'S HOUSE OF SUSTAINABILITY

I briefly recall Kim Howells mentioning Noki, and working and styling for them so i was quite happy to get them as a designer. i really like Kims styling its so fun and bubbily and bright, which is just like the brand Noki's stuff. When i researched further into the brand i likes it even more.

Noki likes to recycle and customize old clothes, its kind of a twist on the ‘vintage’ and ‘retro’ trends. The designs are really avant gard occasionally using transvestites as models. It give the whole brand that seedy rebellious edge, which worked brilliantly for our work and out other inspirational world is rebellious. The designs include cartoon motifs and using garments in unconventional ways for example the neckline of a dress as the waist line of a skirt. As well as crazy headwear and hats, a few of which i think mite have been designed by the master milliner Mr. Piers Attkinson, if indeed they are we and claire mite have to have a chat with him about borrowing some of the hatty poos. This style is going to be so much fun to work with.

Here are some images:

Mr.Noki, is supposedly a mystery man, appearing only with his mask on, however my research has shown that he is actually none other then….DUN DUN DUN (PREPARE FOR BIG REVEAL)

“NOKI did not disappoint at London's Fashion East show with a melange of thrift that appeared to be styled by Edward Scissorhands.

Jonathan "JJ" Hudson is a club kid cum music industry stylist who goes by the name NOKI and he states that House of Sustainability is not for sale. Something of a recluse you'll rarely see pictures of him (then only with trademark mask) and he doesn't want to sell you clothes.

The Noki House of Sustainability (NHS) is about inspiring everyone to have a bash at customizing and recycling their old stuff. You don't have to go nuts attacking an old bridesmaid's dress with scissors and pvc- try altering necklines and hemlines or head to a haberdashers and get some beads to tart up a plain top.

Appropriately enough, both Gareth Pugh and his mate, BoomBox founder and current patron saint of London drag queens, Richard Mortimer, were in the front row.”

Quote taken from –

http://www.easybakecoven.net/2007/10/nokis-house-of-sustainability-noki-did.html

Here are some images of the man in question…..

In the second image down (above) Noki is photographed with skin the lead singer from Skunk Anansie as a model for his colection, Skin is another of Kims clients. Kim Howells mentioned Noki to us in our creative styling lectures for our first projects, so I had a look at her website and found some great vids of there collections. I hope she wont mind me guiding you to them.

(copy and paste the links)

http://www.kimhowells.com/films/films1.html

http://www.kimhowells.com/films/films1.html

The Brief-The Cut

So ma's driving me back home from Oxford after reading week, be it a bit late in the week cos we usually have wednesdays off, and i didnt have the internet whilst i was away so i couldnt check myuca....(not that i do normally). When Claire bear gives me a little ringy poo informing me of our new project.

...THE CUT...

Its not as interesting as it sounds...the general gist of the project is to make a short fashion film lasting about 1 min....I modeled in one of these films last year, i was a scary mental lady wondering about an abandoned run down mental asylum....YAY. It was my good friend Jack Mcgrath's movie (the best in the whole class by far).

Anyway so were as last year, they were given a fashion design students garments, a designer and a camera style to inspire them to create a film to promote the students garment. This year we were given a designer, inspiration and a camera style...and instead of working in a group were just working in twoosies, so im working with best bud and house mate Claira-Bow-Anderson.

Our inspirational three arrrrrrrre:

• The Word: Rebellious
• The Designer: Noki
• The Film Style: Movement Tracking

All great inspirational words, with many different possibilities and roads to venture down.

This the first vidio that came to my head from these inspirational words: Tik Tok by Ke$ha

(i cant get the vid so click the link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGhQNUCdQLU