23rd April
This week I have closely worked with Kalina my set designer for the Independent project, we have created some mood boards for inspiration together which I believe are a good way of showing our ideas to the tutors and to the director, when I start my career as a designer I will use mood boards as a way of condensing my work to get a feel of my concepts and themes. Kalina and I have decided to create our design of Vanity Fair like a roulette wheel where the characters are very forced and fake, for my costumes I have taken inspiration from 19th century caricatures where the fashions are extremely exaggerated, I want to create the idea that the costumes look real but have fake elements and the concept that possessions like jewellery etc are of the utmost importance.
After having this meeting with Kalina I have realised how important it is to have constant contact and discussion with the set designer as it really enhanced my ideas and felt like a proper collaboration where we were both on the same page to make the costumes and set work really well together. For the next couple of weeks I will make sure I have regular meetings with Kalina to ensure of ideas are still cohesive together and also won't make any rash decisions or design choices without her knowing and vice versa with her set design. This is important to note for my future career in design as I will make sure I have ongoing contact and meetings with the other people involved in the productions.