Deconstruction and analysis   

A reference point when thinking about my own work is the online documentary series Inside the Wardrobe, which is published on the British Vogue YouTube channel.

I find this series to be extremely fascinating as it allows a first hand look into the closets of influential members of the fashion community such as Vogue editors and contributors Sarah Harris and Bay Garnett as well as others like Camille Rowe and Suki Waterhouse. Having grown up shopping in op shops and vintage stores with my mum, I have always had a very big interest in fashion and love this series as it allows me to see a detailed insight into someone else’s fashion sense and why and how they came across certain items that have made it into their wardrobe. I think this series strongly relates to our documentary as it focuses on individuals talking about particular clothing items or accessories that they like to style a particular way or have an interesting back story.

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In terms of sound, the conversation between Rowe and Garnett is very off the cuff and natural which I think makes this mini documentary as a whole a lot more inviting to watch as you feel like you are in the room with them. This is definitely something I am taking into consideration for my documentary, as I want the social actors to feel as though they can just answer our questions freely in a way that lets their personality show. I’m undecided if I would include upbeat background music like they have done in this clip as I think we would have to see how our interviews go and what the general emotional tone and pace of them is.

The camera work through this clip and entire video is at times a bit shaky and hand held but I think that works perfectly with the subject matter and location as it is a very casual, comfortable and welcoming environment. It’s easy to imagine yourself standing in her room looking through her wardrobe yourself. The shots themselves are quite quick at times but this is necessary in my opinion in order to be capture the extent of her wardrobe. As Retro Star offers such a variety of products and is quite large for a vintage store, I feel at times we could also have quite quick cuts in order to truly showcase the atmosphere.

You can really see that Camille Rowe feels very safe and happy and it’s almost as though the camera isn’t even there. The camera captures a lot of colour and texture within the confines of her bedroom and wardrobe, which is something we are definitely aiming to do in our final documentary. Even within this short clip you can see a wide variety of different fashion and accessory items so I think for our documentary by talking to different people within Retro Star we would be able to capture an even wider, more unique array of vintage fashion items.