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Department of Media and Communication

Important…. all the text written in red or highlighted needs to be deleted once you finish the portfolio. Your ‘who am I’ image goes at the front / or an image related to the topic of your FMP. You can also make your front page of the booklet like a font page of the book or a magazine.

Also, change the background of the pages. Make this document stand out.

It is about YOU and this is about YOUR project.

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Unit 13– Extended Media ProjectAcademic year 2017 -2018

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS.........................................................................................................................................2

LIST OF FIGURES.............................................................................................................................4

LIST OF TABLES...............................................................................................................................4

DEFINITION OF TERMS...................................................................................................................4

Unit 13/14 - Project Proposal...............................................................................................................5

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Project Action Plan and Timetable.......................................................................................................8

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Introduction..........................................................................................................................................9

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The Background of my Project........................................................................................................10

Who am I?...................................................................................................................................10

What did I learn on my course?..................................................................................................10

What is my project about?.............................................................................................................10

Why my project is important?........................................................................................................11

My Research Plan............................................................................................................................11

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Literature/Resources Review.............................................................................................................13

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Introduction....................................................................................................................................13

Practitioners Report............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.

CONCLUSION - Who/what was my inspiration? /Contextualisation of my study.....................13

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Research Design..................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction....................................................................................................................................14

Research Questions........................................................................................................................14

Research Design Evolution..............................................................................................................14

Research Findings...............................................................................................................................16

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Data analysis...................................................................................................................................16

Conclusion - How did the research help me with my project?......................................................16

My Project...........................................................................................................................................17

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Introduction....................................................................................................................................17

Pre-Production................................................................................................................................17

Production.......................................................................................................................................17

Post-production..............................................................................................................................17

Presentation....................................................................................................................................17

MY FMP – FINAL PRODUCT.................................................................................................................18

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Project Evaluation...............................................................................................................................18

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APPENDICES........................................................................................................................................19

Extended project in creative media production Learning Outcomes and Assessment.................19

1. Be able to initiate and develop a creative media production project proposal.......................19

2. Be able to use research, analysis and evaluation to develop solutions for creative media production project.......................................................................................................................19

3. Be able to solve practical, theoretical and technical problems in a creative media production project.........................................................................................................................................19

4. Be able to plan, organise and produce a creative media production project..........................19

5. Be able to use practical methods and skills in a creative media production project................19

6. Be able to use evaluative and reflective skills in the production of a creative media product.19

7. Be able to present a creative media production project..........................................................19

REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................20

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LIST OF FIGURES

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 - Project Proposal......................................................................................................................6Table 2 - Project Action Plan and Timetable..........................................................................................9Table 3- My research Plan...................................................................................................................11

DEFINITION OF TERMS

FMP – Final Major ProjectUAL – University of the Arts London

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Unit 13 - Project Proposal

Candidate NameCandidate NumberPathway

Project Title

Section 1: Rationale (approx. 150 words)

This section provides you with an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise your progress and achievements through the first 12 units of the qualification. You should outline the knowledge, skills and understanding you have acquired. What you know now, and what it means to you, compared with what

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you knew and could do before you started the course, and how this has influenced your choice of discipline or disciplines and your project proposal. It also provides an opportunity for you to explain your reasons for choosing a particular discipline or disciplines and to outline both your immediate and longer-term aspirations.

What is your overall area of concern, interest, and information essential for comprehension of your intended project? (avoid tedious length and technical details)

The easiest way to start is to identify and define the central problem of your idea (observable attribute of the phenomenon), answer question: What is your project about?

What is important about your project which will capture the interest of the audience? (the reader of your proposal must understand the topic of your project and has a general sense of purpose of the project)

Section 2: Project Concept (approx. 200 words)

This section provides an opportunity for you to clearly explain the concept and aims of your project, production or performance and the research and ideas that will support its development. What you anticipate producing, the levels and types of resources that you will need and an indication of the form in which you will complete and present your final realisation within the allocated timescale. This might include an indication of when and how you will use studios, equipment and other resources, how you will make use of tutorial and peer feedback and where you will incorporate independent study.

This section provides an opportunity for you to clearly explain the concept and aims of your project, the research and ideas that will support its development, what you anticipate producing, the levels and types of resources that you will need and an indication of the form in which you will complete and present your final realization within the allocated timescale.

Clearly formulate: What is the concept (media format/design) and aim of your project? Identify major elements of your project: What (who) are your influences? What will you research? Who is your target audience? Explain your role in the project. Explain technical requirements of your project.

Section 3: Evaluation (approx. 150 words)

This section provides an opportunity for you to explain how you will reflect on and evaluate your work, as both an ongoing activity and at the conclusion of your project. You should describe how you intend to record your decision making and how you will document changes to your ideas as your work progresses.

The evaluation should be a reference to your stated aims and be reflective and analytical rather than a description of actions completed.

When working in collaboration with others, you should comment on how this may impact either positively or adversely and steps you can take to minimise disruption in your progress.

Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)

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This section provides an opportunity to record the initial research sources, both primary and secondary, that you intend to use.Your sources of research should be as wide as possible and could include libraries, galleries, books, theatre, cinema visits, films, videos, magazines, films, TV and Radio programmes, computer games, websites, blogs, social media, radio programmes, archive material, and other media and multi-media sources etc. Make sure you use Harvard referencing. The bibliography should be continuously updated as the project progresses.

Table 1 - Project Proposal

Project Action Plan and Timetable

This section provides you with an opportunity to outline your planning and organisation over a period of weeks and the activities you will need to carry out to complete your project in the agreed time frame. The more time and thought you give to planning your project the more successful it is likely to be. It is important that you consider how you will balance ambition, time and realism in the realisation of the project. You should also include what you are going to do, how you will do it and by when. Remember to include: time spent sourcing materials and other resources to conduct research, seek feedback from tutors and peers, and identify when you will carry out independent study.

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Project Action Plan and Timetable

Week Date WeekBeginning

Activity / What you are intending to do - including independent study

Resources / What you will need to do it - including access to workshops

Table 2 - Project Action Plan and Timetable

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Introduction

Introduction to the Chapter - This opening section’s main function is simply to get the reader into the chapter somewhat gradually rather than jumping directly into the first substantive division. It can be as brief as one paragraph; it can be as long as three or more pages. If you prefer a briefer introduction, then begin with a paragraph something like this:

This project portfolio is a report of my final major project (FMP) for second-year UAL Extended

Diploma in Creative Media Games Film and TV pathway. The project was a short film about an

unemployed young girl who struggles to find the money to pay the rent to a landlord who threatens

her with eviction from the room she rents. This first chapter of the project portfolio presents the

background of my project starting with writing about myself, what I learned on my course and who

or what inspired me for my project. This is followed by explaining what my project is about and why

it is important. The chapter concludes by my research plan.

The Background of my Project This section is intended to provide a context for your project. It answers this question:

“What special factors were at work that might have influenced the conceptualisation and execution of your project?”

Here you can take some of your previous writings and blog posts to address some of following questions. You can use any medium (Videos, photos, audio, sketches, etc.)

Use those questions as a headings for your answers:

What is it that makes me do my project? My personal experiences that influence my choices (idea for the project, my role in the

project, how it relates to my future career) What is the basic premise of my project? What do I seek to achieve and how it relates to my target audience?

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Who am I? This is the video you have created at the start of the unit 12

Use work you produced for Unit 12

What did I learn on my course? Skills analysis task:

Demonstrate your achievements through proposing and realising a project, which integrates the skills, knowledge and understanding acquired throughout the course. Write about your two-year experience on the course and what you have learned during the course. Also, compare where you were when you enrolled on the course and where you are now.

Use timeline you created where you depicted skills and knowledge you acquired during your course.

What is my project about?When defining your interest/topic/theme, define it regarding some observable event. For example:

Today more and more teenagers are completing their education without real prospect to

find a job which will pay bills and offer decent start in life. Facing the challenge of not being

employed and having to pay the bills, Maria 23-year-old veterinary nurse have decided to

look for alternative ways of earning money. The film I have created for my FMP is a story

about Maria’s struggle to earn money to pay the rent and not be evicted from her home by

the landlord who gave her 24 hours’ notice to find the money. Faced with the deadline and

not heaving job or someone to borrow the money, Maria in desperation turns to crime. She

decided to rob the local shop.

My role in this project was writer/producer and film director.

Why my project is important?

Describe this in general sense as a statement of why you want to do the project. For example, as a desire to improve something or a desire to understand something, to entertain, inform, educate, to develop skills and knowledge in given media industry context, etc.

Write a short version of this chapter straight into your Research Plan.

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My Research Plan

Use your research plan information from Unit 12 to complete this section

Table 3- My Research Plan

FMP - RESEARCH PLAN No of Words

Interest/Topic/Theme 150

• This should include researching existing similar media products.• Anything and everything that is already written and done about your

interest/topic in the form of written work, video, audio, interactive elements such as websites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram posts, etc.

• Make sure that your research does not include internet based sources only. You should include at least two books, the range of magazines and other non-online sources.

Why is it important? - Importance 100

This is a short version of the chapter above.

My research question(s) 100

What am I trying to find out?

Research Design 100

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Here you have to introduce the design of the research. What you have going to research and how data was collected (research methods).You have similar chapter later in this report. Here you should write a short version of what you write in the report.

Subject you are going to research Target audience Skills and techniques Production research

Literature (Proposed Sources – Harvard Format)

Please, copy this part straight into your Project Proposal.

Literature/Resources Review

This part relates to Unit 12 task 3 and 4

Introduction The introduction should be relatively brief, simply providing an overview of the chapter. For example:

A large body of resources (films, web pages, literature, magazine articles, etc.) on the short film, roles of writer, producer and film director, the topic of unemployment and youth crime, professional skills and practices provide a basis for my FMP and final short film.

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This chapter will present a review of different literature and resources I have consulted for this project and how it influenced my further research, study and development of the final idea for the project. The chapter will start with Practitioners Report looking at two prominent film directors. It also looks at the magazines and web sources relating to unemployment and youth crime. The chapter concludes with ideas and key conclusion of all resources used in this chapter.

This chapter in important as it will: Tell the reader what you have learnt from previous work/literature/resources and how

you position yourself in relation to previous work in chosen discipline/theme/topic/interest, within which your project is located.

Provide evidence that you are well informed.

Examine and explore existing media products, practices and ideas in the spirit of creativity and imagination (What makes different media product distinct from one another?). Identify different media projects and other research sources related to your media project. Record and analyse findings. (You can use any media format to record your findings). Answer questions (What? Why? /How? /Look for specific problems and issues (theoretical and practical)/how media product communicates with the audiences/background of the artist and the project).

CONCLUSION - Who/what was my inspiration? /Contextualisation of my study This relates to Unit 12 task 3 and 4 (analysis of existing media products)

What are similar media products and how my work related to them? (position yourself in relation to similar media products)

How similar media products influence my project? How they shaped my project? (Thought and action)?

What did I learn from similar media products? (compare similar media products, how it influenced my perspective and ideas for the project – talk about both script and techniques)

Identify requirements for your media project

Research Design

IntroductionCopy from Unit 12

This chapter is ‘How-to’ section of your FMP. In this chapter you have to introduce the design of the research, how data was collected.

The introduction should be relatively brief, simply providing an overview of the chapter. For example:

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This chapter explains research design for my FMP. It starts with research questions and follows by the description of the research design and research methods used in my project.

Research QuestionsUnit 12 taks 2 ( Research topic and quesiton)

Start with stating the intent of your FMP. What are key aims and objectives of your project? Outline the key characteristics of your project. Write about your questions? You have to base your research design on questions and interests. Ask yourself: “What do I want to find out?” Write to the reader clear research questions, what you wanted to find out?

Research Design Evolution Unit 12 research plan and research itself

This is where all your research is presented such as:

In this chapter, you will expand on what you wrote in your project proposal. Write about what you researched and how you collected your data (research activities). Remember, in this chapter, you will only write what you have researched and what research activities you used. In the next chapter, you will write about your findings, analysis and conclusions. You can write following chapters about findings and analysis using same themes (see below) for the sub-titles.

You can use following research themes as separate sub-titles:

• Subject you are going to research (this will be primary research you conducted; the secondary research about subject will be in literature review)

o This is anything done by you, and it could be such:o Online questionnaire – you could ask your Facebook friends to comment on your

project idea and give you some additional ideas how you can make it better.o Get the feedback from your lecturers and comment on it. o You can contact companies, council, artist depending on what is your project about to

get their opinion on your project idea. o You can use your phone or tablet to research, take photos of possible locations and

places that you can use in your project.

• Target audience

Ask yourself questions: Who? What? Where?

o Who is your target audience? Who are you aiming your product at?o What type of audience is it? Investigate the target demographic and record the type of

media or entertainment they consume. o Where can you find this out? You can use, ‘YouGov Profiles’ site to find out about your

target audience demographic. (secondary)o You can set up interviews or record a ‘Vox Pops’ (primary) to find information about

your audience.

• Skills and techniques

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o Come up with the plan what skills and techniques you will need to research to produce an effective, original and to near professional standard project.

o For example, you can watch tutorials or read about how to achieve specific skills and techniques that you will need for your project (secondary)

o Experiment with range of skills yourself (primary)

• Production research

o Explain what and how: o People needed for the production/availability (how: emails, Facebook, Skype

conversation, etc.) o Research production roles that you will need to carry out and how to do it successfully

(how: the internet, media books, etc.) o Production schedule (how: create your own) o Budget (How: secondary internet, primary ask yourself) o Recce research/location needed (how: take images, contact individuals for permission,

etc.) o Health and safety research ( How: take images, check locations yourself, ask for

permission) o Visual ideas (storyboard optional) (How: take images, create sketches, get inspired by

other people ideas, etc.) o Props (how: make a list, ask to borrow, make it, buy it, use what you have)o Production (techniques, hardware, workflow) ( how: research what you need / how:

try it yourself) o Post -production (Edit, colour correction, VFX, etc. ( how: read, watch how other

people/professionals do it, try it yourself)

List all research activities; what activities you conducted to answer your questions and collect the data? Write about data you collected, your choice of data presentation and how you structured your data analysis.

List only what is relevant to your project

The research activities should be identified such as:

Observations (observational drawings; using photography, video and audio to collect data)

Documents analysis (written, but also video and audio documents) Workshops Interviews Focus groups Surveys (visual, audio, etc.) Experiments Tests and measurements

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Research FindingsUnit 12 task 6 research findings

In this chapter, you will summarise the collected data and the statistical treatment, and/or mechanics, of analysis. You should start this paragraph by briefly restating the topic/theme of your project (take it from Chapter 1).

Explain the object of each question, research activity, point out results, and present those results in a chosen form of summarised data. Select method of presenting data carefully.

In a quantitative study, the results usually begin with a description of the sample (e.g., sample size, description of participants who were excluded and why, handling of missing data). Next, descriptive statistics (e.g., frequencies/percentages for categorical variables, means, standard deviations, and ranges for continuously measured variables) are presented.

In a qualitative study, the results often include many quotes from participants who were interviewed. Here you should also present your non-textual elements such as photos, videos, audio files, maps, tables, charts, mind maps, SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, etc.

Data analysis What strategies did you use to analyse your data? What did you find out?

Conclusion - How did the research help me with my project? Unit 12 Research report

What did you learn from your research and how it informed your project?

Originate a range of ideas – list all ideas you had and explain how you chose the final idea Analyse each idea for viability - use focus groups and lecturer to support Fill out the project proposal form

My Project

Introduction In this chapter you should present the level of self-direction, personal initiative and commitment necessary to progress ideas and find solutions, and the practical, theoretical and technical comprehension, appreciation, knowledge and proficiency necessary to achieve identified goals. The ability to plan and organise work within a given timeframe and the efficient production of outcomes both individually and collaboratively.

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Pre-Production Your pre-production paperwork / planning goes here

Produce Pre-Production Portfolio which will formally define your project (location survey; risk assessment; treatment; script; budget; schedule etc.).

Pitch your proposal to the production board (video recording of your production board presentation)

Analyse your target audience. Investigate the target demographic and record the type of media or entertainment they consume.

Production Evaluate stages of your production:

Project management techniques, (notes of team meetings; production and post-production schedules; call sheets, etc.)

Team and individual performance monitoring (weekly check against schedule) Development – Demonstrate development (photos from the shoot, screenshots from

computers). Keep daily production and post-production diary and reflect on your production process.

Post-production Describe post post-production of your project. Assess your production and post-production process. Describe, and critically analyses any

production problems and the solution you experienced.

Presentation Project presentation video and PPP goes under this section.

In this chapter, you should demonstrate the degree of competence and proficiency shown in the organisation and presentation of yourself and your work to an audience. Your FMP has to be presented appropriately (effectively; imaginatively) presented with suitable (relevant; purposeful) media conventions to suit the target audience.

Write about what influenced your decision to present your work in a certain way.

MY FMP – FINAL PRODUCT

Here present your final FMP media production.

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Project Evaluation This is very important part of the project. Please pay attention to every question and make sure to provide relevant examples where appropriate to support your answers.

Critically evaluating your final media project against the agreed requirements and parameters. Answer following questions:

Introduce the project in your words List five strengths and five weaknesses in your final design Was there a theme for the design ideas? Can you describe it? Can you reference any influences here? - Art movements, designers, media companies/campaigns, etc. What experiments and exploration did you do (what happened). How did it affect development of your project? Find a similar type of design publication - place it next to your own - what comparisons/difference can you identify? What were the key areas of development in this project? - use your daily reflections to help you with this. Review your proposal - what changed, what developments did you make, did you manage to complete everything you set out to achieve? What did the client think of your concept? How did that make you feel? What could you do to adapt the work produced to improve and develop it? Is the final work appropriate for the needs of the project? Does it sufficiently answer your brief? Reflect on your pitch to the board; how did you feel about it before? Did it go better or worse than you expected? What was the feedback from your lecturer? What do you think you could improve next time?

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Extended project in creative media production Learning Outcomes and Assessment

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1. Be able to initiate and develop a creative media production project proposal.

1.1. Use critical and contextual perspectives to initiate a creative media production project proposal.

1.2. Use analysis and evaluation to clarify and develop ideas for a creative media production project proposal.

2. Be able to use research, analysis and evaluation to develop solutions for creative media production project.

2.1. Use research to support the development of a creative media production project.

2.2. Use analytical and evaluative skills to develop creative solutions to realise a media production project.

3. Be able to solve practical, theoretical and technical problems in a creative media production project.

3.1. Solve practical and technical problems within a creative media production project. 3.2. Solve theoretical problems within a creative media production project.

4. Be able to plan, organise and produce a creative media production project.

4.1. Demonstrate the ability to plan, organise and produce a creative media production project within an agreed timeframe.

5. Be able to use practical methods and skills in a creative media production project.

5.1. Demonstrate the exploration, adaptation and application of practical methods and skills in the realisation of a creative media production project.

6. Be able to use evaluative and reflective skills in the production of a creative media product.

6.1. Maintain evaluative and reflective records of the development and production of a creative media project.

6.2. Use evaluative and reflective skills to make decisions for a creative media production project.

7. Be able to present a creative media production project. 7.1. Explore strategies to present a creative media production project.

7.2. Present a creative media production project to a specified audience.

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