Fashion Communication and Styling
UCAS Code: W234
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
in Art and Design
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
including Art and Design
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
in an Art and Design related subject
UCAS Tariff
- From at least 2 A Levels - Art and Design Foundation accepted - Applicants must also have a satisfactory portfolio - Five GCSEs grades A*-C (9-4) including English Language or Literature
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Present a portfolio
About this course
As part of the global fashion industry, the fashion stylist and communicator creates visual stories, employs technologies and exploits promotional platforms. You’ll learn how to engage with audiences and tell ‘style stories’ to transform fashion products from just objects into modern must-have trends.
You’ll become proficient in visual research, illustration and storyboarding, and project management. You’ll work collaboratively with peers and industry experts and foster a network of future career contacts and opportunities.
**Key features:**
* Learn about the technical elements of successful event styling and production – including the creation of image, film and graphics.
* Gain the skills and confidence you’ll need to act as a consultant to industry partners, including fashion brands, fashion media and event organisations.
* Study a wide and practical range of topics including computer-aided design (CAD), photography and video for fashion, concept building, and fashion illustration.
* Cover areas including visual research, illustration, storyboarding, audience analysis, styling, photography, fashion graphics and film, editorial development, event styling and production, freelance/self-employment skills and project management.
* Take part in national and international competitions to gain experience of working to a client brief and benefit from raising your profile within the industry.
* Graduates can expect to flourish in careers within the fashion styling and communication industries as journalist contributors, media commentators, promoters, editors or stylists, and with big fashion brands and media groups.
* The award-winning Vijay Patel Building provides both the space and the facilities to foster creative thinking, where ideas can develop and flourish for all our art and design students.
Modules
First year
• Fashion Styling
• Communication Creation
• Photography
• Visuals and Illustration
• Design Cultures 1
Second year
• Concept to Consumer
• Fashion Event Styling
• Image and Moving Image
• Design Cultures 2
• Professional and Promotional Practice
OPTIONAL Placement Year
Third year
• Fashion Communication Consultancy
• Personal Employability and Portfolio Proposal
• Design Cultures 3
• Major Project: Communication and Styling
Assessment methods
A variety of learning and teaching strategies are utilised within the programme. New concepts and methodologies are introduced via lecture and seminar discussion, technical processes and skills and demonstrated and then practically developed by you in workshops and media studios. Throughout the three years of study you will receive formative feedback on projects, either from tutor led, group stage reviews or from individual formative assessments. At each of these, you will receive written feedback to support and guide your development before carrying out future work. Part of this feedback will focus on areas to improve work already carried out and students are afforded the opportunity to address feedback and revisit of work to address current problem areas before the summative assessment. Both formative and summative feedback, will on your development and the achievement of the modules learning outcomes.
Summative assessment of all work carried out will take place at the conclusion of the module and is accompanied by written and verbal feedback. Assessment can be varied, but generally will take the form of a visual presentation, static display and or portfolio creation.
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Leicester Campus
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