Challenge 3

WOW! Challenge three, here it is. Last week we were finally launched into challenge number 3. I can tell you right now that these challenges keep getting bigger and more fun if i might add. The first and second challenge were good but this challenge was a bit of a shock and exciting at the same time.

Our challenge was to go down to Queen and Ossignton and go vintage shopping with the limit of 10 dollars.  It was mandatory that you stay within the budget price. You can either by one piece of article or a full costume.  Your group must come together to construct a performance and incorporate that piece of article you buy into your performance.

Before we went on our trip our teacher wanted us to create a blue print of where we are going, how long it will take to get there,  the name of the stores, locations, numbers, EVERYTHING. That means we had a lot of research to be done before anyone went anywhere. I think that it was a good idea for us to do that because people should know where there going at all times. My group did some major research and we each divided the work appropriately, so everyone had something to do. Since i knew nothing about vintage shopping, the research came in handy for me. It was easier for me to have a visual of what vintage shopping would be like. Having a blue print played a big and important role for our trip.

I found choosing a theme and a year you were going to focus on to be the easiest part of the challenge. Our group went ahead with the 80's and i loved how we all agreed and how everyone felt positive about the decision we made. Each and every single one of us came together with a theme but later on were convinced that it might not work out well. We were convinced to choose another. We came up with a second theme and everyone loved the idea. We started planing ahead of the type of clothes we should be looking for and what characters would be involved. We thought about our characters, nuances, relationships, climax, denouement and much more. All that was left was to go shopping  and do our best to win this challenge.

Shopping wasn't the only thing we had to do we also had to create a story from what you see around you. For example: homelessness and the effect vintage shopping has on you or other people. What a challenge we had. A little tough but achievable. Nothing will stop us Soul Visionary's.