Thursday, 12 April 2012

Learning agreement!


NAME:                                   Danielle Bannister
COURSE:                             BA (Hons) Costume with Performance Design        
UNIT TITLE:                                    Self Directed Project                    
REF. NO./LEVEL:               CSS518
WEIGHTING:                        2.0      
DURATION:                         9 Weeks       
HOURS OF STUDY:          300 Hours    
Unit Leader:                         Adele Keeley/Graham Cottenden

Your Blog address:           deedee22.blogspot.com

DESCRIPTION:


In this project the costume store I intend to develop my sewing skills to a higher standard. I will learn new processes of how to put different garments together and how to finish them, as well as new techniques that I may not off had chance to do on other projects. I will also develop my time management skills, as I only have a certain amount of time to make a garment I need to set certain days outside of set sessions to work on them as well as including breathe and any other projects I have going on. I will also be working on the breathe project, to help work on costumes for the breathers in the Olympic opening celebrations in Weymouth. This will give me the chance to be really creative, as a contrast alongside the costume store. There will also be a lot of problem solving of how to create certain things for different elements of each costume, in which skills I learn within making garments for the costume store may help as well as trying out other things I may not be able to for my garments.

I have chosen to do the costume store project as I want to develop my sewing skills. I also want to gain confidence in making garments which I believe this project will help me to be. Confident in the way I look at garments and work out how different garments are put together and then be able to go off and make it, knowing that the whole garment is put together correctly as well as my sewing lines, decoration and finishes being neat. Also working on breathe will allow me as a break from the neatness and accuracy of the costume store garments to be creative in the way costumes can be made, and be able to develop more into my own creativeness. This will allow me to work with textiles and work out how to do things and put things together more creatively than simply stitching pieces of fabric together.  

I will be producing three garments for the costume store, an Edwardian shirt, waistcoat or breeches, and a Victorian blouse. As for breathe I will be producing a body of work that will be more creative, as I will be making parts of the costumes working on top of the base costume to create accessories and shapes. Alongside this I will be documenting my progress on my blog for both costume store and breathe.

Aims:


A1       To provide opportunities for self-initiated, autonomous learning
            and develop the ability to plan time and work independently

A2       To provide opportunity to study the contextual development of costume and performance design

A3       To further develop the creative, intellectual and practical applications of research and contextualisation within a self initiated environment

A4       To propose, develop and evaluate professional aspirations through professional development planning

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this unit you will be able to:

LO1     Identify and define the context for the development of your own work towards professional aspirations

LO2     Demonstrate an understanding of the development of Costume with performance design
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LO3     Have developed the creative, intellectual and practical applications of research and contextualisation

LO4    Consolidate and demonstrate professional aspirations and planning                     


Assessment Requirements:


A body of construction work to include 3 garments for the costume store (patterns will be provided). And a body of costume interpretation work for Breathe, under pinned by personal development planning (in your blog journal) and a final written evaluation (750 words) evidenced in your Blog                   100%



Each assessment requirement must be passed at a minimum grade of 40% to successfully complete the unit


Assessment Criteria (specific criteria related to the learning outcomes and linked to the statement of generic assessment criteria matrix):           
           
  1. Evidence of knowledge of contextual and theoretical issues – The level to which you have considered the context of your project and evidenced that to your body of work (LO1, LO2)

  1. Evidence of understanding through synthesis and development – The application and extend to which research has informed decision-making and project development together with the appropriate management of time (LO2, LO3, LO4)

  1. Evidence of evaluation and reflection – The extent to which you have reflected on the progress of your project and used it to inform personal development planning (LO4)

  1. Evidence of realisation through the communication of ideas - The presentation of your work and the level to which specialist knowledge has been applied, communicated and evidenced (LO3, LO4)

Reference Material

This will vary according to the needs of the individual project.  You will define Reference Material through personal investigation and consultation with staff and list it in your Learning Agreement.


A. Gernsheim. Victorian and Edwardian fashion: a photographic survey, 1982. Dover publications Inc.

E. Friendship. Pattern cutting for men’s costume, 2008. London: Methuen drama.

J. Cole. Professional sewing techniques for designers, 2009. New York: Fairchild publications Inc.

J. Druesdow. Men’s fashion from the turn of the century, 2003. Dover publications.

P. Stevenson. Edwardian fashion, 1980.

R. Ettinger. Men’s clothing and fabrics in the 1890s, 1998. Schiffer  publishing Ltd.



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