Visual research workshop and discussion with Nina Sabnani - Proposal 2

 

After attending the workshop, i had a clearer idea on the research project and how important it will be for my degree project. We were introduced to our mentors for the first time on the last day of the workshop before our individual discussion session with Nina Sabnani. I discussed both my proposals with Shilpi mam and realized the 2nd proposal had great potential for research and could be studied in the Indian context as well. Also it was something that hasn't been approached by many people as a subject of study.

*this is not the final proposal - 


proposal 2:

Name: ARUSHI SHARMA

What is the theme or topic area that you are hoping to investigate in your research project?

Examining the use of fashion in fiction by various Medias.

Can you identify two or more questions that the research will help you go some way towards answering?

- What are the forms of media that have explores fashion.

- What are the different fashion settings explored?

- How have the stories been formed to blend with the fashion setting.

- How has fashion been manipulated to form a story.

- What is the general target audience?

- What psychological impact does it have on the audience?

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What sort of approaches will you employ to collect data for your research enquiry? For example, if you were going to interview students – how many would you interview? What sorts of themes would you be questioning them about?

Interview fashion students/ professionals working in fashion/ general people who read chick lets or girl oriented novels.

case studies

Observation

Analysis

Signs and symbols

What is the purpose of your research? Why is it useful?

Being passionate about fashion magazines and having completed an internship program with Vogue, I think the research will help me in understanding the fashion scenario as a whole. It will help me develop a deep understanding of how fashion fiction is formed and interpreted by the audience. I will get an opportunity to know what kind of explorations have been done in various forms of media till date and thus help me develop something new in the field of fashion communication using fashion fiction.

 

 

After discussing both my proposals with Nina mam and taking her feedback and comments on both decided to take the 2nd proposal forward