Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Fashion Magazine Project Plan

Project Title: Mackenzie Gross
Teacher: Mr. Gallagher
Grade: 11th
Subject: Music Technology


Summarize the theme for this project. Why do this project?
The theme for this project is Fashion. I am doing this project so I can create a magazine and use media in a different way, from how I used it making music.

Identify the content standard that students will learn in this project.
Students would learn about Twitter, Weebly, and various media sources to be inspired by. For the magazine portion different layouts will have to be looked out.

Identify key skills students will learn in this project. List only those skills you plan to asses.
Skills needed will be working on layout design, photography, researching, writing, and reading. Also, analyzing other magazine works to figure out what is popular and what appeals to the reader.

Identify the habits used
-Reading
-Writing
-Photography
-Journalism
-Layout

State the essential question or problem statement for the project.
What appeals most to young readers, who actually want to buy the various fashions?

Plan Overview

Early in the project
Figure out layout- Such as pages, picture location, columns, articles and more.
During Project
Write articles and take pictures, then transfer hard copy to being online.
End of Project
Have a magazine draft that I could share with the class and receive feedback before publishing
Product
Fashion Magazine

Timeline

Week one - March - Friday 14th -  Study various fashion magazine layouts
Week two - March - Friday 21st – Complete a layout design
Week three - April - Friday - 4th – Figure out article topics
Week four - April - Friday 11th – Figure out logistics of articles such as how much space, and how long will they take to write.
Week five - April - Friday 25th – Figure out photos that would make sense for the magazine (Ask journalism class if they have an interest in writing an article, see if anyone else would be interested)
Week six - May – Friday 2nd – Write two articles and practice taking artistic photos
Week seven - May – Friday 9th – Write two articles
Week eight - May – Friday 16th – Write two articles
Week nine - May – Friday 23rd – Take pictures that relate to article topics
Week ten - May – Friday 30th – Write two articles
Week eleven - June – Friday 6th – Have a rough draft ready to present
Week twelve - June – Friday 13th -  Present rough draft and then upload online

Project Rubric

Project Earns a One
Project Earns a Two
Project Earns a Three
Project Earns a Four
Weekly Progress
No progress has been shown to complete the timeline schedule.
Little progress has been done but the quality of the work appears rushed or not well thought out.
Most of the time line requirements have been completed but there is room for improvements.
Completes the timeline requirements and shows well throughout work and progress from the previous week.
Layout Design
Illogical layout that is not readable or logical.
Attempt at a layout but does not fully  understand the layout process yet.
The layout has been thoroughly attempted but there is still room for improvement.
Layout is well throughout and is understandable.
Photography Skills
No pictures are provided.
Blurry, red eye, or pictures unrelated to the magazine were taken.
Pictures have been taken but they have not been taken from an artistic angle nor have a distinctive meaning.
Quality pictures are evident that speak for themselves.
Quality of Articles
Little to nothing written.
Article has been written but grammar, punctuation, and spelling are atrocious.
A throughout article has been written but there is nothing that makes it special or personable (just the facts).
Article reflects personality and full understanding of the topic.


Sunday, March 2, 2014

Steal It!!


                I am doing a fashion magazine and all fashion is basically stolen. Let’s be honest there is only so many ways threads can be cut. Therefore, even the runway fashions are stolen from previous trends. That is of course one of the biggest draw backs of fashion because it is so hard to come up with a piece that is unique and does not mimic a previous trend. But then again this can be very helpful for designers because there is so much to be inspired by when creating their own line.
            Therefore, I decided to focus on the Autumn/Winter Runway in Milan last fall. All the designers had incredible designs but the designer I decided to focus on is Elie Sabb. Her pieces, mainly dresses and pantsuits were all red, white, or black. In order to really steal these trends I decided to sketch my own outfits based on her line. I am changing the cut of the fabric but I am stealing the fabric designs. This line had incredible fabrics and every single fabric had some kind of sparkle which I absolutely love! Something about glitter goes hand and hand with glamour; which really made this line stand out to me. Of course I could not redesign all of the outfits (for there are 48 of them). Therefore, I choose to take the fabric from five and redesign the outfit.
You can check out her line at - http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/autumn-winter-2013/couture/elie-saab
The five I decided to steal are below, except I changed the design but kept the fabrics the same  (some fabric colors may differ from the actual ones on vogue but that is because I did not have those colors).