I am thinking of entering the fashion industry because I want to help people make clothing selections that will help make their first impressions lasting ones. Hopefully, I can someday lead a team of marketers to endorse clothes in a profitable yet appealing and ethical manner. But, before being able to achieve this career goal, I need to do some walking for all this talking. As I mentioned in my previous entry, I am working on a fashion show scene. The show is in a few months, and I’m still unsure of how to exactly go about choreographing and managing it.
Originally, I had three people who volunteered to work on this scene with me, but it has been incredibly hard to gain their cooperation. I went on researching about the clothes needed for the theme of the scene (Asian fusion) and contemporary Asian music. Also, I went on writing up the draft layout for the scene on my own.
A lot that could go wrong has already gone wrong. There was no real problem doing this all on my own, but when it came down to starting to make my ideas a reality, I realized it would require some additional human assistance, which I seriously lacked. The ideas I came up with may have been a little too ambitious as well because there is a limited budget and access to technology. And, my research may not be sufficient for the success of the scene, so it may be better to consult with people who actually know about popular Asian culture. I’ve been trying to work on refining the scene’s details, making it simple and doable yet still appealing. Therefore, I surrounded myself with two reliable people to work with. One is going to help me refine the layout, making it simple yet appealing and the other person will assist me at the rehearsals/practices.
Coming up with ideas isn’t that intimidating when it is done in private with a friend, but when more people are factored in, it gets a bit more complicated. I’m also worried about not being able to manage all the models I need for my scene. It also seems impossible to fully portray so many Asian cultures in the scene in just 10 minutes. I continuously question myself about the success of this scene. Will the music selections I ultimately decide on appeal to the audience? Are the clothes selections for the models going to be an accurate representation of Asian traditional clothing? How will I explain my vision of the scene to the models? Will they listen to me?
Yes, I do sound a bit pessimistic, but I feel like I have to think everything through to eliminate all possibilities of anything going wrong.
Firstly, let me take a moment to thank you for replying to my post. Your input was extremely helpful and I look forward to taking your advice.
ReplyDeleteAbout your issue; I think this is a great opportunity for you to learn and gain useful experience that will definitely help you in the future. I think you should look at it from a different perspective; while its human nature to want to eliminate any and all problems, problems can still occur. What you should do is take it as a learning experience and if you do make any mistakes or if problems do arise then you’ll know how to prevent them from happening again.
You had stated that three people were assisting you but it was hard to gain their cooperation. I’ve dealt with this problem many times in my life. I’ve notice that the best way to resolve it is to surround yourself with people you trust and those who have been there in the past. In my case it’s always been my family; have you considered having your family help you? If they don’t understand the work you’re doing have them help you in other ways.
Most importantly what I suggest is to have fun and look at this experience as a stepping stone for your future aspirations. If mistakes do happen, learn from them; use them to fine-tune your skills. At the end of the day the knowledge you gain from this will benefit you greatly.
its ok to be a little pessimistic when doing something like such projects that will have a significant insight to you. it means you care.
ReplyDeletejust do not worry so much, no matter what happens, its not always the place that is important, its usually the people. i.e. u can have party animals in an office party and u can have anti-socials in a club... the office party even in an office will show more success than the club with anti-socials.
if u ever need help, u know you can ask me... :D