Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Fifth Element Fashion Inspiration

    My look was inspired by many pieces shown throughout the film, "The Fifth Element." For starters, I incorporated a leather jacket that Zorg and his henchmen wore. In any futuristic sci-fi film, leather is almost always seen. As seen throughout the film, many of the women similarly wear their hair: bob-cut with bangs. My friend happened to have a wig I could use for this, and I couldn't resist wearing it. 

    Layering was another huge part of the fashion in the movie. I wanted to incorporate this into my look. In current times, layering is becoming trendy and I don't think it's going away. Current fashion will definitely be prominent in future fashion - trends almost always come back around. We see this today with fashion returning from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. What was once thought to be old and tacky is now fashionable and in style. 

    Much of the clothing worn in the film has a sweetheart neckline, which I think will be in future fashion. I mainly saw this with the flight attendants, who also wore their hair similarly to the wig I wore. I included this in my look with the layering of a bathing suit top on a button-down shirt. The bathing suit was wrapped in plastic wrap, aluminum foil - another stereotypical material in future fashion - and magazine clippings.

    As I was flipping through the magazines I had, I wanted to include words and phrases that seemed to be prominent to the future. I, of course, had to use the word "Vogue" because I fully believe it will always play an important role in society. Vogue has been so inspiring to all, and I do not see it disappearing in the future. Its impact has been so strong and it has been covering the news of the social scene for over a century. Other phrases I used were "Dream Big," "Up Front Speaking Out," and "Rebel, Rebel." Rebellion is so important to the future. It stands for injustice and is revolutionary. I don't imagine a perfect future, but I do imagine a rebellion taking place to stand and speak out for what is right. 

    Phrases like "A New Era," "The It Factor," and "Precious Metals" represent the future fashion. New eras of fashion are always ahead of us, which includes "The It Factor." When I envision the future, I see metallics and metals, which is why I wanted to use the phrase "Precious Metals." This clipping was actually found on a page about futuristic fashion. Bella Hadid was pictured in clothing from various designers - wearing all metallics. Metallics was something I really wanted to use in my look, however, I had to settle for aluminum foil. Each phrase I chose to include in my look brings across important messages. Fashion tells stories. The clippings of models I used all showed similarities to things seen in the film. 

    The other parts of my look - the pants - were from my own thoughts of future fashion. I thrifted the pants months ago and was never able to find a place to wear them. They are very unique and I could not take my eyes off them. I feel they are slightly ahead of fashion today, which is why they are so hard to style. The boa is from my friend's Halloween costume and I feel it’s going to be a staple piece in future fashion. It's fun and quirky now, and only really used for costumes, parties, and Harry Styles concerts. In future fashion, it's going to be much more. The boa was actually inspired by the disguised Mangalore in the film. It was the closest I could find to fur in my closet, and I really wanted to use it. 

    I used the boa to hold up the skirt I made from a cardboard box. The outfit wasn't originally going to have the skirt, but late the night before, I decided it needed something more. I found a box in the recycling bin in my building and let my creativity take flight. It really pulled the outfit together and I'm glad I decided to make it. 


    As someone who loves fashion, t
his was extremely fun to create. The accessories in my outfit are just ways to balance the materials I used. I thought of different areas to include the aluminum foil and really wanted to stand out. My outfit is modern, yet sets a standard for the future. Pictured below is part of the creative process.













Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Time Travel Video

Below is the script for our video. Our time travel video got its inspiration from today's age of selfishness. The video points out ignorance today and how it might affect the future.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/sfjbn515kfsvcr8/Time%20Travel.mp4?dl=0


Two women are sitting at a table, typing on laptops. They are approached by a third woman.  

 

Time traveler: Hello, (name)?  

 

Great grandma: Yeah, that’s me? 

 

Time traveler: Oh my god it’s you!  You’re my great-great-grandmother! I’m from 2122 and I have a very important message for you.  

 

Great grandma: There’s no way. Even if you really were from the future, I don’t want kids! 

 

Great grandma’s friend: Accidents happen.  

 

Time traveler: Yeah, even in 2122. My brother got a Borg pregnant and now it’s a whole thing.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: A Borg? 

 

Time traveler: Yeah, a cyborg. They’re part human part robot.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: I know what a cyborg is.  

 

Time traveler: My bad, I forgot they’re a thing in your movies. A lot of the stuff in your movies is real actually. Teleportation, anti-gravity machines, the planet is underwater, we live in bunkers, all that kind of thing. Obviously, we have time travel too.  

Time traveler points to her watch.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: That’s a bracelet.  

Time traveler: No. It’s a time-traveling device disguised to look like something from your time 

Great grandma: Um, no. Obviously, you’re crazy. Please go away we have a project to work on.  

 

Time traveler: I can prove to you that I’m your great-great-granddaughter.  

 

Time traveler lifts her sleeve to reveal a weird-looking mark on her skin. Great grandma gasps. 

 

Great grandma: I have the same one!  

 

Great-grandma also lifts her sleeve to reveal the same one.  

 

Great grandma: How did you get here?  

Time traveler: Well, after the war humanity went underground because of nuclear armageddon. Some scientists unlocked another dimension while they were playing with lasers or something and then made the time travel device to get here so we could ask you for help.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: I’m not convinced. How did you find us?  

 

Time traveler: There was a Snapchat memory in her iCloud archive with the date and location tagged.  

 

Great grandma: She has the birthmark! She’s my great-great-granddaughter! Who do I have kids with?  

 

Great grandma’s friend: That’s what you’re asking? Nothing about the war or what company to invest in so you can be rich?  

 

Great grandma: Well I guess I’d like to know that too... but I also want to know who I have a child with.  

 

Time traveler: Honestly, no one really knows who my great-great-grandfather was. You got pretty busy after your divorce 

 

Great grandma: Excuse me? 

 

Time traveler: Yeah, you married some guy you met in college and then he ended up having an affair. You decided to live it up when he left. Now can I tell you what’s actually important? I only have a few minutes before I have to go back. 

 

Great grandma: Yeah in a minute. Who did I marry from college? 

 

Time traveler: It’s not important! think his name was Brady or Bryce or something like that.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: Bryan? 

 

Time traveler: Yeah, that’s it.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: I told you NOT to take him back. Frat guys never change.  

 

Great grandma: I can’t believe he cheats on me AGAIN.  

 

Time traveler: Yeah well he does. Can I tell you about the war and the flood now? And how I need you to help stop it because we’re literally starving to death below ground? 

 

Great grandma’s friend: Be nice to your elders. She just found out her future husband is a cheat! 

 

Great grandma (crying): I just, I always forgive him, I always think he can change and he doesn’t.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: I know honey, I know. But it’s okay! Lots of people get divorced though! I’m sure it’s even more common in the future. Right? 

 

Time traveler: Uh... not really. When the war was ramping up this one guy, I can’t remember his name but I know he was super conservative, he became president again and he used his wartime power to strip women of their rights. It was some bull about strengthening the home 

 

Great grandma’s friend: You’re not being very helpful.  

 

Time traveler: Well I’m sort of in a stressful situation here. I was just a water tester and then I got sent here to ask you for help because I was the only one with an ancestor whose precise location was available within the scientist's date range or whatever.  

 

Great grandma: My great-great-granddaughter, a water tester? 

 

Great grandma’s friend: Wow. Couldn’t you have aimed any higher with your career? 

 

Time traveler: For your information, we’re assigned our jobs and mine is actually really important because your generation failed to combat global warming and continued to pollute the ocean. Now water testers like me have to evaluate whether the water is drinkable or useable to water crops with.  

 

Great grandma: Well, excuse me.  

 

Time traveler: yeah, except now, the volcano under Yellowstone park has erupted and the ashes have clouded the atmosphere so much that we can’t get any solar power for the lamps that help us grow food!  

 

Great grandma’s friend: If there’s so much water can’t you guys just fish?  

 

Time traveler: No. There aren’t any more fish! They’re either dead because of the pollution or inedible because of all the radiation from the nuclear bombs.  

 

Great grandma’s friend: Well, I don’t think there’s anything we can do about all that. 

 

Great grandma: Yeah... we can’t really stop pollution or stop a nuclear war or whatever.  

 

Time traveler: Yes! You can! All you have to do is-  

 

There is a beeping noise. The time traveler disappears. The two women sit there for a moment 

 

Great grandma’s friend: Well I hope things work out for them. 

 

Great grandma: Me too. I feel bad but that’s like 6 decades from now. 

 

Great grandma’s friend: Yeah, our project is due tomorrow. We don’t really have time to worry about that.  

 

The women go back to working on their projects. Fade to black. 

 

A message appears. (DO YOU HAVE TIME TO SAVE THE WORLD?)  

 

Cut to black. Roll credits.  

 


 

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