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- 1. Proposal 1 Centre name and Number: York College 48357 Student name and Unique learner Number: George Wetton 5313100938 Working Title and Date of release: Title - The Target Zone: Blood Moon Release date – 16th May 2021 Main area of activity: The main medium I will be working in is filmmaking, but it will also lean into creative design when creating such things like the posters, magazine, and DVD cover. Another area of field is sound when I create my music for the film using Garageband. Rationale: 150-word approx. This year has been more aimed at the FMP because that has been the most important part of the project. There has been a lot of preparation for it this year in terms of contextual research and video. This has been a lot of editing and filming which is in good practise for this FMP coming up this year. Though we did a whole range of different stuff. Project four had the first year had the requirement of making magazine which shows that I already some experience of this field already. along with this my video editing skills have definitely developed the most. Making a short film at the beginning of year one, video game halfway through the year, our FMP’S last year and then the factual documentary this year are just a few ways and means as to how my skill have developed and got more better. We have also used Garageband for any sound editing, aftereffects to create parallax’s and adobe illustrator for any other additional stuff. My skills and confidence have developed massively over the past two year and I hope to show this through my FMP. Project Concept My project will include: Videos: Sneak peek/teaser trailer/ full trailer/ small excerpt clip/ music created for it. DVD: Cover art Posters: Teaser poster/ main poster/ 4x Character posters Front cover: Magazine front cover and article This will all be done through using the softwares Garageband, InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere pro. This will be done in the efforts to show people the advertising strategy and method on how you sell a film. I will be showing a detailed research where I will be going through existing products that are similar. Then when it comes to my actual project. I will be as professional as possible. Holding multiple cameras. So that it picks it up from different angles and having more than one shot. Just in case something happens with filming. Unlike other projects. I will also try to give myself as much time as possible. So that it will leave more time for re-filming after I have listened to criticism and audience feedback. This project is a lot more personal to me because it based off a book that I have wrote and is open to getting g published soon. So this will be beneficial to me when it comes to this project and outside college work. How will your project be evaluated and reviewed: 150 word approx. There will be a variety of different ways and means of how I will evaluate my work. A lot of it from my perspective but also asking the opinions through others. This will be seen through stuff such as surveys and one to one interviews. Where people will be able to give the constructive criticism on the product. Giving out the strengths and weaknesses of it. This will be done before and after the product. In terms of my own self-reflection this shall be done through the weekly reflections. This will be way in which I keep myself grounded to my work and plan to get everything that I have planned done in the one week that I hope it is.
- 2. Proposal 2 Schedule Week Task to be Completed: Overall plans Specific Tasks 1 Pre-Production Pre-proposal + Initial response + Background research (08/01/2021) Pre-Proposal: Give out technical names such as date of release, title name, student number etc. Describe the mood/tone and themes that I have for my work Explain the content that I will have laid out briefly Give out some existing work that has already inspired me. Initial plans: Initial Reaction What are the set plans that I have got this project? What am I good at? What can I do to improve this? Mind Maps Mind Map x3 potential ideas Mind Map x3 actual ideas Analysing the mind maps and seeing what information I got from them Mood boards Create multiple mind maps. Remember to include a few on camera shots and locations. Analyse these mood boards talk about patterns and influences. Weekly Reflection 2 Pre-Production Contextual work (15/01/2021) Contextual Research Complete contextual PowerPoint Research into six different directors. Talk about the mood and style that each director has bring. Do similar thing with the films. Analyse a chosen scene that holds relation to my film and
- 3. Proposal 3 point out any techniques shown. Bibliography giving out a list of sources. Weekly Reflection 3 Pre-Production Proposal + Product and Audience Research (22/01/2021) Proposal Decide on the title for the project. Talk about your audience. What are you aiming for and what works best? Review any skills that you have acquired over the past years and explain why they will be useful to this project. Concept idea for what you are going to do for your project. What will be made? What research will be made so that its at its best quality? How do I plan on evaluating my work and the outcome that comes out of it? Create a timetable to organise how my following weeks will plan out, 9 resources on my Bibliography Research Research into previous products:trailers, posters magazines and music. Research analysis What influences does this have to my later products? How do all these products link? Primary survey x2 and Survey analysis Survey Monkey 10 questionnaire survey Instagram 10 questions via instagram stories on my business account What do these answers say about my audiences?
- 4. Proposal 4 From the information that I have. How can I appeal to this audience? Secondary Research Survey One to one interview where various people give in depth answers . Research Evaluation Compare the answers that I got from my primary and survey research, Which are the best when it comes to finding out who your target audience are? Weekly reflection 4 Pre-Production Problem Solving (29/01/2021) Problem solving Health and safety - Go through a PowerPoint creating the different scenarios in which a risk can be caused and show how with careful consideration it can be avoided. Contingency issues – Go through every possible situation that I could fall into (relevant or not) and ways in which I can get out of them. Weekly Reflection H Pre-Production Production Experiments (05/02/2021) Poster Make a Production expedient poster Screen record the process of it. Explain the process: explain how you did it and why you did it. Test shots/Camera movements Make various test and camera shots. Try out various pieces of equipment. Seeing how they work. Talk about what worked and what did not. What was I happy with? What changes
- 5. Proposal 5 would I make and why? What ideas did I like enough that I will keep in my final ideas? Weekly reflection 6 Pre-Production Pre-Production and Planning (12/02/2021) Pre-production Create a potential layout for posters, DVD covers and magazine. Decide on the colour scheme looking at various colour wheels on what is right, Creates storyboards for my trailers and the clip Describe and prepare for any props or equipment that will be needed throughout the project. Make a contingency plan. Talk about the potential issues that could go wrong during filming and how they could be solved. Create a health and safety plan and talk about various problems that will occur as well. Explain how you can avoid these issues. Financial costs and requirements Create a backup plan in case of extended covid19 causes contingency issues with production Draft my article for my magazine Weekly reflection 7 Production (19/02/2021) Start filming Costume fitting Start filming the n Clifford’s tower scene. (Hopefully, lockdown will have settled to meet up with people. if not then film the indoor scenes and delay.) Start editing my music Use Garage band for this
- 6. Proposal 6 Process log and screenshots Make a start with the DVD cover Layout and summary Create DVD art through Photoshop Process log and screenshots Make a start with my magazine Type out the article Process log and screenshots Weekly reflection 8 Production (26/02/2021) Photography Shots taken that will be needed for magazine, posters,and DVD cover Magazine finished Create a logo design for the magazine. Create a front cover with the placed images that were taken before from the photography session. Layout my magazine Finish and export it. Process log and screen shots Music Finish the edit of the music on Garage band Finalise the edit of the song in Adobe premiere pro. Adding on royalty free effects to give the song final touches. Export and place into my trailer file PL and screenshots Weekly reflection 9 Production (5/03/2021) DVD Cover Place the images onto the DVD cover and add technical details Export and finish PL and screenshots Teaser poster Create and have exported on photoshop. If I have the time. I will create additional ways to promote a
- 7. Proposal 7 product through poster.Billboards and side train posters as an example PL and screenshots Continue filming. Go to the white horse hill if possible and film some shots there. Good view and pick some good shots for the trailer. Filming location at the bar walls and film interior shots at my house. PL and screenshots Start editing Have the clip finished and edited Start making the trailer Compile music with it. Adobe premiere pro Weekly reflection 10 Production (12/03/2021) Continue Editing Get trailer finished and exported. Peer feedback What improvements do my audience think I can make? Filming Go back to filming and correct any mistake or scenes that need changing Weekly reflection Production (19/03/2021) Continue editing Compile the clips the improved clips with the ones that worked before. Get my trailer finished and exported PL and screenshots Character posters PL and screenshots Get finished Finish my second poster Put all my work on a PowerPoint Weekly reflection 12 Evaluation (26/03/2021) Director’s commentary notes
- 8. Proposal 8 need making. Evaluate each section of my pro forma What I did and why it was done? What changes had to be made due to contingency Talk about any issues that might occur during the production period. Evaluate my production What was made and did anything change form Initial plans? Why was this different from planning? Strengths and Weaknesses ofmy products Compare my products to previous existing products How did I appeal to the audience that this is targeted at? Directors commentary - Record me reading ou the script - Make a start on the editing Weekly reflection 13 Development + Contingency + + Practical skills (02/04/2021) Director’s Commentary Finish editing Make a PowerPoint talking about everything that was gained from this project. Make sure all work is completed and uploaded onto my WIX website. Weekly finish 14 Moderation (09/04/2021) Refine all my completed by work by sending it to my tutor and seeing the feedback that they give me. 15 Presentation (16/04/2021) Present my work to the lcass with the script that I had completed.
- 9. Proposal 9 Final thoughts *I will stick to this plan as best as possible but due to contingency and further problems down the line (especially because of Covid19) It is not a 100% guarantee that the planning will be completely done in this order when it comes to the production side of my work. Bibliography Red = Google Books Orange = Article Black = Research that has been conducted Green = Videos 1.) Anthony Baulducci. (28th November 2011) The Funny Parts A History of Film Comedy Routines and Gags - Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Funny_Parts/pSa-fqnL7iIC?hl=en&gbpv=0 2.) Bruce G Hallenbeck. (11th August 2009) Comedy Horror films – A chronological history 1914-1918 Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Comedy_Horror_Films/2AIgAef-bAcC?hl=en&gbpv=0 3.) CineFix. (January 19th, 2017)10 best uses ofcolour of all time – Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tILIeNjbH1E 4.) Debbie Lynn Elias. (Unknown) When It Comes to Dark Comedic Horror, James Gunn is SUPERman Link: https://behindthelensonline.net/site/interviews/when-it-comes-to-dark-comedic-horror james-gunn-is- superman/ 5.) Every frame a painting. (May 27th, 2014) Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOzD4Sfgag 6.) Jess Joho. (19th December 2019) How the horror-comedy genre defined the decade Link: https://sea.mashable.com/entertainment/7894/how-the-horror-comedy-film-genre-defined-the-decade 7.) Justin Steel. (June 1st, 2015) Horror Hybrids: a comedic horror drama in space Link: https://wickedhorror.com/features/horror-hybrids-a-comedic-horror-drama-in-space/ 8.) Patrick (H) Willems. (July 19th, 2017) Sam Raimi – How does horror comedy work? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwcjToDEsUY 9.) Konrad noises.(October 24th, 2017) Edgar Wright – How to edit to the beat – Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxw7LGGNLYY&t=16s 10.) Kendall R Phillips. (30th April 2005) Projected fear – Horror films and American culture Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Projected_Fears_Horror_Films_and_America/axFSjNH1oRkC?hl=en& gbpv=0 11.) Robert G. Hagstrom. (2004) The Detective and the InvestorUncovering Investment Techniques from the Lengendary sleughs – Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Detective_and_the_Investor/cnQBAAAACAAJ?hl=en 12.) Rowman and Littlefield publishers. (20th May 2016) The Laughing dead Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Laughing_Dead/GconDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 13.) Ryan Hollinger. (December 17th, 2017) The Art of GREMLINS: How Comedy & Horror Work Together Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9tVpiv-kIQ 14.) Sarah Crowther. (October 31st, 2017) Horror and comedy films have more in common than you might realise Link: https://theconversation.com/horror-and-comedy-films-have-more-in-common-than- you-might-realise-85048 15.) Taylor and Francis. (5th November 2013) Horror films – Current research on audience preferences and reactions Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Horror_Films/3Tn8AQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 16.) Wall street Journal. (March 19th, 2019) Jordan Peele's Guide to Horror Films | WSJ Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXB-LvBwJdM 17.) Writers Digest. (November 29th, 2017) Three tips for writing horror comedy Link: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/3-tips-writing-horror-comedy 18.) Wen powers. (November 14th, 2014) What Horror and Comedy have in common Link: https://www.vulture.com/2014/11/what-horror-and-comedy-have-in-common.html 19.) Wetton. George. (2021)Target audience research survey conducted on (22/01/2021) 20.) Wetton, Sam (2021) Target Audience interviews (conducted on 19/01/2021)
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