My initial idea was to make a fashion video. Using my alter ego “Shalissa” I was planning on hitting campus to find individuals with a unique fashion sense, as well as making my own clothes and displaying that with VHS camcorder. My main idea was using Shalissa as the creator of my project.
Now, I am thinking of ways to shift my project and most of it will not be possible anymore. I think right now is a very special time in history, and I’m wondering how I can use this as a way to make something that is unique to right now. As in, when you see my video, you know it was during the pandemic of COVID19.
I was thinking about reaching out to people online to record themselves with their favorite look. Having various people in different settings may be interesting. Possibly even getting people from all over the world (some people I already know, or even strangers)
I think I will still be able to make my own clothes, hand sewing instead of using the machines at school. Hopefully this video will be a zeitgeist of what is going on right now. How people can still be artistic in the confinement of their own home. I still want to have music playing as well. I’m trying to research videos online to give me ideas…