For part of my experimentation, I wanted to look into how sportswear moves on the body whilst in action. The reason for this is because I believe sportswear should move simultaneously with the individual during movement so that the individual performs to their fullest potential. During a shoot I did with Sophia, I asked her to run/ lunge and jump in front of the camera so that I could record each action in slow-mo and then look back at it and see the results.
In the three videos below, I can see that the ‘unofficial’ sportswear clothes move more than the ‘sportswear’ clothes. The clothes are much looser so whilst Sophia is moving, the excess fabric bounces up and down. Though the fabric is moving, from observation I know that the fabric is still moving in accordance with the movement of the body. This is useful to know as it indicates that though the fabric is excessively moving more than usual sportswear, it is not moving in shapes and directions on its own account. So, if the clothes were moving during sports activity it wouldn’t be slowing/disrupting/negatively affecting the individual wearing it.
This video was a test to see what kind of videography I could create that exaggerated the garment on the body in action. I know you can film on Clo3D and create some really cool visual videos but I wanted to see how I could do something using a real-life model. The movement of the jacket was difficult as you had to time it perfectly to flick so it looked somewhat natural. I like the outcome and think with some edits and different angles (tried close up and birds eye for example) it could look really cool! I also really like the Brit Award videos which they created a slow-mo of the models watching the camera as it flew through the air, however, I’m aware that took a special camera to create.
