This document summarizes the student's progress and final major project (FMP) idea for their course. Their FMP idea is to start their own fashion brand, potentially expanding into sports clothing, and incorporate photography through a fanzine. They are passionate about fashion and view this project as an important opportunity to gain new skills in photography before university. They intend to be influenced by designers like Virgil Abloh and photographer Kai Z Feng. Through their project, they want viewers to see that one can start their own clothing brand from scratch with a limited budget. They plan to take a neutral, refined approach to photography for a serious tone, different from their past over-the-top style, to achieve the best

1. This initial document provides you with an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise
your progress and achievements through the first 7 units of the qualification and what you
plan to create in your final project. Think about what you know now, and what it means to
you, compared with what you knew and could do before you started the course, and how
this has influenced your choice of pathway and your FMP.
Tell me in no more than20 words, what is your
FMP idea?
My idea is to continuemakinga fashion brand,
mightgo into sportsclothing, dive into
photography aswell/ fanzine
Why have youdecided to makeit? Because fashion is somethingwhich I amreally
intrigued andpassionateabout.
What aboutyourproject makesit importantto
you?
This project is importanttome because it is the
final project before I move ontouniversity andI
will be able to gain moreskills which I haven’t
donebefore which include Photography
Outline someof the initial influences onyour
idea/work and somepotential research targets
(remember, research isn’t justa paperbased
activity)
For fashionit wouldhave to be Virgil Abloh who
own the brandknownas OFF-WHITEI like his
work because it is really abstractand outthere,
also I want todive into photography andsomeone
who influence me would haveto be Kai Z Feng
What effect do youwant to haveon your
audience when they see yourproject?
I want themto see thatyoucan start yourown
clothing brandfrom scratch, and also youdon’t
need a huge budgetto makesomethingwhich is
very liked.
Describe the tone/mood/styleofyourproject
[which productiontechniques/characteristicsare
youemploying?]
The tone of my project will be very neutral in the
way I shootthe photosbecauseI want tobe
different comparedto my FMP last year as I think I
went over the top. Also, my techniqueswill be
more refined as I need to achieve the bestgrade
possible.
Why have youdecided to makeyour project in
this style?
I havedecided tomake my project in this style
because I want it to look serious andnot strange,
also in the fanzine that’swhat I want toshow off
all of the photosandclothing which I will try to
make.