Understanding the creative industries
I can explore how mood boards and illustrations show ideas in fashion.
Understanding the creative industries
I can explore how mood boards and illustrations show ideas in fashion.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The creative industry is a broad sector that includes fashion, art, music, film and design areas.
- In fashion, designers often begin with a mood board to collect inspiration, colours and textures.
- Fashion silhouettes explore the shape and style of a garment.
- The fashion industry helps people express identity, culture and style.
- Fashion can challenge or reinforce stereotypes, especially around gender, body shape and culture.
Keywords
Fashion - the popular style of clothing, accessories, or appearance at a particular time
Mood board - a collection of images, colours, fabrics and textures that show the style or theme of a fashion idea
Illustration - a drawing that shows how a design might look, including the clothes, colours and fabric details
Silhouette - the popular style of clothing, accessories, or appearance at a particular time
Common misconception
Fashion illustrators make finished garments.
Fashion illustrators draw designs and ideas. They help fashion designers show what clothes will look like before they are made.
To help you plan your year 8 art and design lesson on: Understanding the creative industries, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 8 art and design lesson on: Understanding the creative industries, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Equipment
Newspapers, magazines, glue sticks, paper, silhouettes photocopied. If you have access to internet, students can use google to search for inspiration images and make their mood board on the computer.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Jobs requiring imagination, design & artistic skill to create things.
A drawing that shows how a design might look
The art of creating clothing and accessories for beauty and purpose.