Thank you and well done!

Hi all, sorry we didn't get to catch up after the show....as I am sure you can imagine it was all a bit of a blur!  I just wanted to email you all to say how FANTASTIC your show looked!  You should all be immensely proud of the hard work you put into the body adornments and the production of the show. 

I hope you all got to see the pictures in the Birmingham Mail.

I wish you all a relaxing summer before you head into year 11.

Excellent work guys, well done! 

Emily x

Hey all :)

Just to let you know what's on with the final piece of music, we've got it to just over 4 and a half minutes including the intro where the models wait to walk on. In theory that should be long enough after the outcome of today's rehearsals, but I'm gonna take my laptop in just in case of major disasters =P

Cheers

Laura :)

Hi guys :)
just to let you know that we havent been able to get any sponsers for the fashion show, because it has been too short notice, but we are making t-shirts for everyone so we stand out as the diploma team :D
They will have everyones name on and HGS (which means hall green school by the way).

diploma love from rebecca and alice.

Fashion Show Catalogue

Hey everyone

just reminding you all that I shall need your Body Adornment Catalogue Questionnaire in tomorrow morning, otherwise you will not be put in the catalogue!

I am also assuming that if you are not in the catalogue, you will not have your adornment in the show as people will know nothing about it.

Sam

Hey guyss (:

We couldnt find any white thick leggings in primark for the female models.

But instead we found white hareem trousers.

So now we've decided to dress them in white hareem trousers and the white t-shirts that Mrs. Bowen bought to begin with.

Also i think we've bought all of the models outifts and we've decided for pale faces to use talcolm (sorry if its spelt wrong) powder and we've purchased the orange lipstick!
Also can anybody who has crimpers or hairspray or gel, bring it on saturday please?!
It would help us so so so much

Thanks, Love Gabs (:

Marketing and Advertising team

Hey guys,
This is to let you know our team's progress from today:

Alice and Rebecca are currently in the middle of organising sponsors to contribute to our goody bag. They are going to visit Primark and other shops in town after our diploma session tommorrow. Whilst at Primark they have decided to purchase around 17 black tshirts, and are planning to design and print the diploma logo onto them at school, as there is not enough time to do it professionally.

Samuel and Matt are working on creating a brochure to hand out at the fashion show. They have drawn up a rough design of the catalouge and are in the process of putting it together. At the rehersal on saturday they will be taking photos of the models wearing our adornments ready for the brouchure.

Lara and Jade have decided to create a 'coming soon' filmclip to post on our school website DolphinTV. We shall be at the rehersals on saturday recording the models to involve in our filmclip and document our progress. We will also be encorporating Samuel and Matt's photographs of the models. Jade will shortly be sending the press release out to several businesses including Central News and BBC Birmingham.

So that's what our team are currently working on,
Bye Guys (:

Music

Hey all,

sorry for lack of contact, net has been playing up. I've been messing with samples on Garage Band that Tom found and i've made a sort of techno/tribal mix for the music for wednesday. It's got a beat the models can walk to, but no melody line. Its only about one minute long so far though so i'm not sure if you want me to vary it and write more or just loop it. Either way i can do. Let me know what you think?

Cheers, Laura :)

Hello friends of the earth and beyonddd,
We were just wondering whether there is a specific choreography for all the models at the MBC fashion show to walk down to or whether we can have our own individual choreography?
Also what shape is the catwalk going to be?
Thankyouu
Krishna and Becca:)

about the catalogue!

hey guys,

just to remind you that the show is next week! and if you want your adornment to go on the show, you need to have it completed. If you have finished, and have your final design, then could you please see me and Sam- as soon as possible, as we are putting together the catalogue and in order for it to be relevant and successful- we need to know who has finished and need your designs- as they are going to be featured on the catalogue.

matthäus and samuel

Hi Model Team

Could I suggest that on Monday you dress one of the models in an outfit and completed body adornment and try out the big hair, pale face and orange lipstick. You could then send a photo to Emily for approval. It sounds good but it's difficult to know if it will work until you see it.

G Bowen

advertising

Hi Jade and Lara

You could do a 'coming soon' to Dolphin TV advert for the fashion show. We do intend to share it around school e.g. on the flat screen in the dining hall.

G Bowen

Hey guys

i've been in contact with people from the metro, birmingham city council and central news so far about the press release and i shall be working on getting some more press involved in the next few days. I was also wondering if anyone knew any numbers or email addresses that i could use to help get more press. Oh and also, because the fashion show isn't open to the public, we were wondering what sort of info we should put on our advertising posters around school, any ideas? 

Thanks,

Jade and Lara

Hi guys:)

It's the model team here we just wondered whether big hair, pale faces and bright orange lipstick would be ok on the catwalk and would work with the clothes we are thinking of getting?

We are holding audtions again tomorrow as we need about another 6 models and we are having callbacks on monday to finalise the model decisions.

Lucy, Amber, Krishna, Paige, Gaby and Becca.

Fashion Lab

Hey guys

Sounds like it is going well.  There will be two shows one at 6.30pm and one at 8.30pm.  The 6.30pm show will be the show that you can invite friends and family to.  At the moment I am not 100%sure of numbers but you can expect to have about 4 tickets each.  It will be a ticket only event and those tickets should be available tomorrow.  

The 8.30pm is the private view and press event, if you have special VIP guest please invite them to the 8.30pm event not the 6.30pm one.

Just be aware that we need to invite people to the show and although we can advertise we don't really have space for general public. 

Well done

Emily 

Marketing and Advertising

Hi, it's Jade abnd Lara.
We are involved in the marketing and advertising side of the fashion show. We are clearly set out jobs for everyone on our temas. Lara is in the process of creating posters to advertise the event around Birmingham. Jade is busy writing and sending press releases and also emailing press offices to get the publicity we need. We will also be taking pictures on the night to include in our press release.

We'll keep in touch :)

Hey Guys (:

Just got off the phone to Primark and got some prices for the womens clothing although they could not tell me about the mens- so i will have to go and look for myself later this week. A couple of people a researching a couple of Primark Branches and what is available.

Combat trousers : £10.00 approx.

Vest tops : £1.47

Pumps : £2.00 approx.

Date and Time

hey, its Lucy and Gaby.
We are involved in the modelling organization.
We just wondered whether we could have the date and time of the show asap as we need to send a letter of consent out to the models parents.
Also, we have decided to dress the models in combats and vest tops under the adornments but we dont know whether to put them in white or black; any advice?
We have decided against heels for footwear but were thinking white or black lace up pumps?
So far, we have 11 models (6 girls, 5 boys) after carrying out auditions at lunchtime yesterday, more auditions for models will be held today so we are keeping ouer fingers crossed, we'll let you know!
Bye Guys (:
x

Fashion Show Agenda

Hi guys

As you know we will not be having our planned Fashion Show meeting on Wednesday.  This means that it will be even more important for you to communicate on the blog and read Fashion Labs blogspot regularly to keep up to date with the changes that are happening.  Below I have listed the roles that are required - once you have chosen your role you will need to keep a diary of everything you get up to on your own blog as well as update the communal blog .

Press - Obviously we would like to get lots of press for the show!  The Diploma is a very hot topic for the press at the moment so it should be fairly easy to persuade them to come.  If you choose to be in this team you will need to keep up to date with the fashion blog to make sure you don't overlap any press contacts.  This task will involve writing and sending press releases, photographing the show to send out press shots, faxing/emailing/phoning press offices.

Sponsorship - There is limited budget for the show so we always try to get as many free things as possible for the goody bags that are given to our VIPs.  This role will involve a lot of phone calls and emails trying to persuade people to sponsor you with anything from tights, shoes, catsuits, hairspray, makeup, Tshirts etc - basically anything you might want to use in the show

Hair and Makeup
 - As you have chosen to have your own set of models you will also need to think about looks for hair and makeup, we will have a team of hair and make up people at the show but they will need direction from you.  This role will involve looking at current trends in hair and makeup, doing test runs and test shots in catwalk lighting.  - If you feel that you want to use a set of MBC models then you will need to think of a way they can be transform very quickly. To suit the look you are thinking of - ie wigs or masks (they have 3 mins to change)

Music - One of the main features of a fashion show is the music, it would be great if you can make your own music for your show.  Remember it needs to be easy to walk to and at least 4mins long so we have enough time to send all the models down the catwalk before fading to the next track.

Models
 - If you intend to send body adornments out - one per model you will need 17 models (this will be a challenge) It may be easier to add more to our sets of models r put more that one adornment on a model. As part of this role you will need to make posters asking for models, get consent from parents/guardians of those who are under 18.  Models need a lot of management on the day and this is not a job for the faint hearted, you will need to have the confidence to walk up to strangers on the street.  You need to be very organised keeping a file of photos that include the following info on your models: shoe size, bust size, waist, hips, hair length, hair colour, skin colour

Show catalogue:  It is up to you how you want the format of your catalogue to be, it will need to be black and white and a restricted number of pages.  Think imaginatively, for example could it be one roll of paper, or postcards? Will you use drawings or photographs of the designs?  This project will need to be run by a group of people who have a good eye for graphic design and can write creatively too. 

The overall theme for the show is going to be "Laboratory" this might help you  think about some more ideas.  If you have any ideas to contribute to the whole show please do not be afraid to add these comments to the communal board.  

I look forward to reading about your ideas as you work on them over the half term.

Emily 

Welcome

Welcome, Hall Green Diploma students 

You will have received an email invitation asking you to join the blog as a contributor.  By the end of the year every student should have made at least two contributions to the blog.  

In our first meeting before half term there will be a lot of information that you will need to discuss with each the outside of your time at MBC and this should take place either on the blog or documented on the blog after meetings. 

Please use the space as freely as you like - It is your blog and the more you contribute the more exciting it will be.

Photos, explanations, ideas, models, make up, hair, music should all be documented on this page.

It's Show Time!!!!