My taste of filming

I found some great tips on YouTube on how to write script for documentaries and the styles of filming and how to shoot them. After watching theses videos I realized that there is a lot that goes on in to filming its not just someone holding a camera!!!!

More links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2QNDixKTSY&playnext=1&list=PL210B82BC698015F2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa1u_wC8Afs&feature=BFa&list=SP0775839984CDAB08&index=1

I'm a Film Star

I've recently ask a film production team to help me in the making of a film about my final collection for the big fashion show at the end of June. I'm very exited, this is my first time to work with other Rave students outside the uni projects and i get to be the star of the film. Could it get any better then this! I don't think soooooo.

Review of work

This whole month we gone back over all the basic patter-cutting techniques. It was very important to me because this the area I want to go in as a crear. the great thing that was important to me was learning about how to make blocks which is the basis of any pattern-cutting.

New free softwear

Yey!!!!  Just tougt myself a new piece of softwear.
For our presentation we have to use Power point. I had great difficulties in the past working with Microsoft word and power point, they are very limited in functions and if you put images inside they kept moving all over the place. Now I have found something free over the internet its call LIBRA DRAWING which made life so much easier. I wrote my whole presentation in it and turn it in to PDF which made it alot easier to work on all kind of computers. Thank GOD for the free bees!!!!!!!!!!

EcoLuxe

I participated in the EcoLuxe exhibition and found a lot
of information about the field i want to go in the future. In the exhibition there were 21 different designer brands all promoting eco friendly products. On two of these stands my work was shown which was a very proud moment for me!

EcoLuxe London, promoter of high end and environmentally friendly fashion designers and brands. They launched their latest showcase last month at London’s No1 Aldwych Hotel, opposite the current London Fashion Week at Somerset House.
With over 25 designers of ethical, recycled and fair trade fashion and accessories, the event also includes the launch of ‘The Textile and Apparel Apprenticeship Programme in London’ and will have 5 stands from ‘The Center for Sustainable Fashion’ to showcase their latest designers along with a “pampering station” by professional hair and skin care brand, Aveda.
Hemyca was one of the brand promoting their “Made in UK”.
From fabric to manufacturing is being done in UK.

Photoshoot

This was the most exiting part of my placement. After all the hard work I finally saw it coming together.

The photo shoot was kept really simple. As a business HEMYCA did not wanted to distract the buyers and customers by adding different colour accessories or very bright make up. The accessories that has been added were being kept black to stand out the garment. The model was told not to make any poses as this can also cause distraction.

Counting Money

I learned costing as part of my course unit last year but working with HEMYCA this was the first time to see it working. This was a real experience of the business side of running your own label which is something I always want to have in the future.

Flat Sheets

Flat sheets are a very important part of the manufacturing. When sending the final patterns to factory all of the information needs to be on the top of the envelop with clear instruction and a flat drawing of the garment also the swatches of the fabric and trimming.

Fabric Sourcing

When running a fashion design business, the number one thing need to be sure of it is the source of fabric. Whilst it's possible to buy fabric from the same shops as everybody else, this tends to be a very expensive way of doing things and it's simply not practical when you're producing lots of copies of the same design. Before you open for business, you should ensure that you have good access to fabric wholesalers.

Getting your fabric from a local wholesaler means that you can examine every item personally before you buy. It makes it easier to meet tight deadlines and it often means that you can buy smaller quantities. Your local small business support centre should be able to give you a list of fabric wholesalers in your area; alternately you can look them up in the business section of your local library.

Lay Planning

Lay Planning

There is a famous say in my country that a Tailor will measure a fabric 100 times before cutting it,
because he knows that cutting is done only once and there is no going back after that.
When cutting the final fabric for the garment, lay planing is very important. It needs a lot of patience because its very time consuming.

A lay plan is made by positioning all the individual pattern pieces of a textile product on the fabric so that they fit close together to minimise waste. Matching checks, stripes or other designs may need to be considered. Also a specified mix of garment sizes in the same style may need to be cut.

Luxury fabrics

Sewing fake fur

• Do not iron fake fur it can burn easily from the heat.

• When lining try to iron only the lining side with a lot of care.

Working with luxury fabrics

In my first week of work placement I learned a number of things when working with the luxury fabrics.

Cutting leather

• There is no grain line on leather, which means you can cut anywhere on the material.

• Do not pin the pattern on leather, it leaves marks. To minimize the damage chalk the pattern pieces on to the leather piece.

• Avoid any damaged or creased areas on the leather. Customers don’t like it, and they tend to return the item as damaged, used or old.

• Notches should be no more then 2mm.

Team HEMYCA

There were 10 other members working along side with me. We were all given different job rolls to be clear of what is each person doing. We all had to keep contact with each other all the time and support one other to get the job done.

With this experience I learned a lot about team working and how important it is to be a good team member. There were a number of things which I think are important to know when working in a team.

• Listening

• Asking questions - making sense of your own understanding

• Explaining by telling how and why

• Helping others

• Sharing knowledge

• Reflecting on and making use of what has been said

• Good communication skills

• Allowing everyone to contribute

• Pulling ideas together - sharing, listening, valuing all contributions

• Finding out if the group is ready to make a decision - consensus making.

I'm an artist

I love working on photo-shop and always find some thing new to learn. I made some patterns with photo-shop and aplyed it to the the figgers it looks amazing.

Time Management

My time management is really bad and I need to work on it.

I found some websites to help myself and learn new techniques which will help me in the future with my other projects.

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_88.htm

http://www.timemanagement.com/

http://www.ulc.psu.edu/studyskills/time_management.html

Workplacement

I worked with lucy throughout the summer of 2010 and now i'm going back to work with her in the xmas holidays.

I learned

• Pattern making on the stand with paper

• Lay planing

I also have a lot of practise in her studio in sewing, pattern

making and fabric cutting

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!